Research Publications
This page contains peer-reviewed research publications authored by PRECARE team members that relate to the PRECARE trial program and prehospital advanced resuscitation.
These publications reflect the program’s commitment to evidence-based care, clinical governance, and the responsible evaluation of prehospital ECMO and critical care interventions.
Research findings are shared transparently to contribute to ongoing improvements in patient care and to inform clinicians, researchers, and health systems locally and internationally.
Pre-hospital ECPR for Refractory Cardiac Arrest – The PRECARE pilot feasibility study
Kruit, Burns et al. – 2025
The Impact of Interdisciplinary Cardiac Arrest Teams on Paramedic Practise
Tant, Buckthought et al – 2024
Use of TOE in the Pre-hospital Setting to Determine Compression Position in OHCA
Kruit, Ferguson et al – 2025
Cost Effectiveness of Pre-hospital ECPR for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Zmudzki, Burns, Kruit et al – 2026
Advanced Resuscitative Interventions in Refractory OHCA
Kruit, Burns et al – 2026
Expert Consensus on Training and Accreditation for ECPR a Modified Delphi Study
Kruit, Burrell et al – 2023
A Training Programme for Novice Extracorporeal Resuscitation Providers
Kruit, Burrell et al – 2024
Improving Access to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Song, Dennis et al – 2022
ECPR Survivor Estimates
Kruit et al. – 2023
Simulation modelling found that a strategically located prehospital ECPR service could reach 90% of eligible refractory cardiac arrest patients within 60 minutes and save one additional life for every three treated.
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