ECMO is the highest level of life support — beyond a ventilator, which pumps oxygen via a tube through the windpipe into the lungs. Instead, the ECMO process basically functions as a heart and lungs ...
WVU Medicine staff underwent a special training session on Monday as nurses and physician assistants participated in an immersive training simulation to practice working with the life-saving ...
Last October, the Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article that delved into the ethical considerations for hospitals due to the ever-improving outcomes being seen with Extracorporeal ...
ECMO machines became a last-ditch treatment for COVID. But only half of the patients who got ECMO survived, raising questions about whether this expensive and hard to access treatment is worth it. For ...
Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, she teared up as streamers and confetti rained ...
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — For COVID-19 patients, ECMO is a last-resort treatment option. The ECMO process pumps the patient’s blood into a machine that bypasses the heart and lungs so they can rest and ...
In case of heart and/or lung failure, an ECMO machine can be used to maintain organ function for days or even weeks. Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has advanced, its ...
Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, she teared up as streamers and confetti rained ...
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