HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #18, Dr Brian Grunau

About this episode

Dr. Brian Grunau discusses advancements in cardiac arrest treatment and research.

G'day, and thanks for tuning in to another episode of the HEMS Debrief podcast - this is our focused series on cardiac arrest. Today we are joined by Canadian Physician-Researcher Dr Brian Grunau. Brian is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia Department of Emergency Medicine and works clinically as an Emergency Physician at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. His research investigates methods to improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and in so doing he has received over $15 million in research funding and published over 190 peer-reviewed articles. Brian is a member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Advanced Life Support Task Force, which creates resuscitation treatment recommendations. In today's episode, we specifically quiz Brian on the time dependent yields of conventional resuscitation vs eCPR initiation, as well as how a system can best promote cardiac arrest research at every step of the chain of survival. Thanks as ever for listening! As we move deeper into 2026, the podcast will re-introduce episodes on more general Retrieval / Aeromedical topics, addressing both the technical and non-technical of…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Brian Grunau

Topics covered

• cardiac arrest
• resuscitation
• emergency medicine
• research
• eCPR
• healthcare

Keywords

• cardiac arrest
• eCPR
• resuscitation
• emergency medicine
• research funding
• outcomes

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation

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