Exsanguinating trauma - from CPR to EPR | Samuel Tisherman | Big Sick 2018
Channel: scanFOAM
Date: 2018-09-28

Samuel Tisherman at The Big Sick 2018 in Zermatt.

This is the story of deep hypothermia as a means of buying time to surgically save the lives of otherwise unsalveagable trauma patients. This is essentially suspended animation.

Hear how this technique has evolved from one of the pioneers and learn about the ongoing efforts to establish its potential benefits in humans through the EPR-CAT study.