HEMS Debrief – Cardiac Arrest Focus. #2, Dr Tommaso Scquizzato

Hello, and welcome back to the Sydney HEMS debrief, focus on cardiac arrest.

In the second episode of this series, we talk to Dr Tommaso Scquizatto from Milan, Italy.

Tommaso is a Doctor, researcher and innovator in cardiac arrest, resuscitation, and emergency critical care medicine. He works in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy, where he leads cardiac arrest research and innovation.

His clinical and research efforts focus on improving the entire chain of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, from prevention to advanced resuscitation, including the use of extracorporeal life support and novel technologies. He serves on the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and the 2025 Guidelines Working Groups for BLS, ALS, and extracorporeal CPR of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). He is also an editorial board member and social media editor for Resuscitation and Resuscitation Plus.

With Tommaso in this episode, we talk about targeted physiology in cardiac arrest included targeted diastolic blood pressure, Tommaso’s research, and how systems and workflows may adapt to incorporate new intra-ACLS interventions such as transoesophageal ECHO.

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