The focus of Dr. Menegazzi’s research is resuscitation from cardiac arrest. He has done pioneering work analyzing the ECG waveform during ventricular fibrillation, demonstrating that quantitative waveform measures can be used to guide therapy. He has investigated novel approaches to treating prolonged cardiac arrest such as the use of drug cocktails, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cardiac life support (ECLS). He developed the two-thumb with thoracic squeeze method of infant chest compression that is currently recommended by the American Heart Association. Dr. Menegazzi is presently conducting research on the phenomenon of rearrest in patients who attain return of spontaneous circulation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. His work is funded primarily by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Menegazzi is the editor in chief of the journal PreHopsital Emergency Care.
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Nancy L. Caroline Endowed Professor of Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Graduate School
PhD - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
MS - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
College
BS - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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