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Re:ECMO pumps blood out of the body, oxygenates it and retur... by flyGuyOnTheSly on Thursday June 20, 2019 @06:22PM (#20237995)
During a full on cardiac arrest, even getting a small trickle of oxygen to the brain for a few extra minutes can be life altering.
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Re:ECMO pumps blood out of the body, oxygenates it and retur... by mikecsh on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:31AM (#20240635)
During a cardiac arrest the primary problem is a pump failure - blood is not flowing through the vasculature. A trickle of oxygen into the wrist will not help if the blood is not being circulated.
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