The Alfred Intensive Care Academic Centre recently hosted the incredibly successful CARDIAC Symposium 2026 in Melbourne. We will be releasing high quality video recordings of selected sessions over the coming weeks.
In our first video release we shine the spotlight on how prehospital ECPR is performed in Melbourne. This time critical, life-saving process involves close collaboration between Ambulance Victoria and the Alfred ECLS team.
Sacha Richardson provides an informative and entertaining commentary while a simulated prehospital ECPR is performed by Brooke Riley, Paddy Joyce, Jayne Sheldrake, David Anderson, Jen Schwartz, and Steve Musgrave.
Don’t blink or you’ll miss it!
The initial CHEER3 pilot study resulted in 4 out of 10 survivors from refractory cardiac arrest in Melbourne. Look out for the results of CHEER4 in the future!
Richardson SAC, Anderson D, Burrell AJC, Byrne T, Coull J, Diehl A, Gantner D, Hoffman K, Hooper A, Hopkins S, Ihle J, Joyce P, Le Guen M, Mahony E, McGloughlin S, Nehme Z, Nickson CP, Nixon P, Orosz J, Riley B, Sheldrake J, Stub D, Thornton M, Udy A, Pellegrino V, Bernard S. Pre-hospital ECPR in an Australian metropolitan setting: a single-arm feasibility assessment-The CPR, pre-hospital ECPR and early reperfusion (CHEER3) study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2023 Dec 13;31(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01163-0. PMID: 38093335; PMCID: PMC10717258. [Fulltext]
Visit Courses & Events to learn more about upoming educational activities delivered by the Alfred Intensive Care Academic Centre. In particular, don’t miss Catalyst – Critical Care Ideas in Action and the Advanced ECMO Symposium in July 2026.
This video was produced by the Armchair Medical TV team – their virtual conference pass is a great way to bring high quality education from conferences to your screen wherever you are.
