ECMO Patient and Family Resources

ECMO Patient and Family Resources ecmo The UF Health ECMO team has supported well over 300 patients with survival rates that meet or exceed national rates, and it even leads the country in specific ecmo ECMO The Adult ECMO program at WVU Medicine – the only one of its kind in the state

ecmo ECMO stands for ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation You may also hear it called ECLS, which stands for ExtraCorporeal Life Support It is a treatment that uses

ecmo It pumps blood through sterile plastic tubing from your child to the “ECMO membrane lung ” The ECMO membrane lung is an extracorporeal device, meaning it is SUMMARY ECMO therapy is indicated in patients with reversible respiratory andor cardiac pathology when recovery and decannulation are feasible