Dr. Emily Bartlett awarded grant

Dr. Emily Bartlett was recently awarded a grant by the Zoll Foundation entitled “Feasibility study of remote ischemic conditioning in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.” Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) consists of application of brief episodes of ischemia then re-perfusion to an organ or limb distal to the heart.

Prior research suggests that RIC before or after restoration of blood flow to the heart reduces repercussion injury and improves outcomes.

This grant supports a study to evaluate the feasibility of random allocation of patients to receive RIC versus sham RIC shortly after arrival to the ED following initial resuscitation by medics for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The results of this study will be used to inform future resuscitation on the application of RIC in resuscitation of OHCA.