ECMO vs CPR for pre-hospital resuscitation after cardiac arrest (INCEPTION trial)

They really go the extra mile in the Netherlands. One hundred sixty patients who could not regain spontaneous circulation after 15 minutes of CPR following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with ventricular arrhythmias (“shockable rhythms”) were randomized to be cannulated to undergo extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or receive continued advance…