Rapid Response With Mike & Josh: Live from Expo: Mobile ECMO: The Next Level in Qualifying Prehospital Resuscitation
What happens when the ECMO team comes to the patient? Recorded at EMS World Expo, this episode of EMS World’s Rapid Response features Josh speaking with Kevin Richmond and Alec Wilcox of the Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium about expanding access to advanced resuscitation.
From community hospitals to airport terminals and the backs of ambulances, the team is working to shorten the time between cardiac arrest and extracorporeal support. Richmond and Wilcox discuss how their approach to patient selection is evolving, why collaboration with local responders matters, and what it takes to deploy a specialized team by road or helicopter. The conversation offers a look at the research, logistics, and partnerships shaping mobile ECMO—and the questions still driving its future.
