"This opens a door to potentially creating a controlled and predictable way of providing necessary oxygen during hypoxemia, cardiac arrest, and other shock states," Kheir says. It might seem ...

He also explains how ECMO and CPR can work together to help someone who has suffered from cardiac arrest ... life-saving treatment method for patients with respiratory and cardiac failure.

Recent studies suggest that NaHCO 3 may be detrimental in treatment of cardiac ... In children respiratory failure is the major cause of cardiac arrest; so these studies may not apply.