EMCrit Wee – Controlled Automated Reperfusion of the Whole Body (CARL) ECPR / ECLS Yields Amazing Result

The 12th Congress of the European Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (EuroELSO) takes place in Kraków, Poland at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre from 24th April to 27th April 2024. Meet CARL and our team to explore “advanced ECPR” for improving neurologically intact survival after refractory cardiac arrest.

It can happen to anyone at any time. Sudden cardiac arrest. The SWR-health programme ‘Doc Fischer’ explains the causes of sudden cardiac arrest, patient prevention possibilities and how the new second-line therapy CARL might improve survival rates further, both in- and out-of-hospital.

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Resuscitec GmbH is one of the 2023 winners of the German Business Awards at EU Business News.

Yesterday, Thursday evening, November 16, 2023, Resuscitec, represented by our management Prof. Benk, Mr. Ronde and Dr. Kraft, together with our cooperation partner from the Medical Center – University of Freiburg, represented by Prof. Beyersdorf, received the 1st prize of the Lothar Späth Award 2023 in the Zeiss Planetarium Jena.

MedTech Outlook Magazine is an international medical technology magazine with over 132,300 subscribers across Europe. Each year, the European edition of the magazine shortlists 10 companies to be part of the ‘Top 10 MedTech Startups in Europe’.

At the 37th EACTS Annual Meeting, which took place in Vienna from October 4 – 7 under the slogan “Raising the Bar ­– Innovate, Discover, Educate”, we experienced a significant increase in the number of physicians, perfusionists, distributors and partners compared to the previous year. This indicates that the CARL Community is growing rapidly.

On September 15 and 16, CARL Academy welcomed over 100 European ECPR and CARL experts to the first edition of the CARL Summit in Freiburg, Germany. In many inspiring presentations and discussions, the leading key opinion leaders in the field shared their expertise, recent experiences and tips and tricks for the successful realization of ECPR programs. An important step to shape the future of ECPR.

Jörg Teichfischer suffered a cardiac arrest at home in spring 2023. He was resuscitated by an emergency physician by means of defibrillator and cardiac massage for 55 minutes. Afterwards an ambulance took him to the Ortenau Klinikum Lahr, where resuscitative measures continued for almost 20 minutes.

Resuscitec GmbH is now certified according to the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR). The MDR replaces the Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices (MDD) since 2017 with respect to modern demands on harmonized assessments within the EU.