Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:50am on 19 Nov 2024,Tuesday Health & Wellness
In a historic medical achievement, AIIMS Bhubaneswar successfully revived a 24-year-old soldier from Odisha using Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (eCPR). The soldier's heart had stopped for 120 minutes following cardiac arrest. Conventional CPR failed after 40 minutes, prompting doctors to initiate eCPR, combining ECMO technology to oxygenate and pump blood externally. Led by Dr. Srikant Behera, the team restored the soldier's heart function within 40 minutes of eCPR. The patient was weaned off ECMO in 96 hours and has since recovered. This marks a significant milestone in Odisha's medical history and showcases cutting-edge cardiac intervention.
