Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can be a lifesaving technology for patients whose organs have failed. It works, essentially, by performing the functions that a healthy person’s lungs and ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – You wouldn’t think you could live when both your heart and lungs are failing, but there is technology that makes it possible, and the first and only program of its kind in Central ...

Kelli Gehrke, 36, had been in cardiac arrest for seven minutes when a mobile team of doctors and specialists flown in from Harborview Medical Center connected her to a life-saving machine that ...

Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat patients with severe heart and lung conditions A global philanthropy is ...

The ECMO machines are being installed at the cardiac ICU at Renown Regional Medical Center. These machines take over heart and lung function when a patient’s organs do not work on their own. “We are ...

M Health Fairview has expanded its emergency life-support program for cardiac arrests, flying a cardiologist and an artificial heart pump to north-central Minnesota when patients’ hearts have stopped.

In a perfect world, a patient suffering from cardiac arrest could get help for their heart without rushing into emergency surgery during an attack. Or someone in critical need of a life-saving lung or ...

She survived, but she lost both arms and both legs. A sore throat turned into a rare infection. The infection turned into sepsis. Her organs failed. Her heart stopped. “I should have been dead. I didn ...

BAILEY, Colo. — When COVID-19 was continuing its deadly spread through Colorado, ICUs filled up. Lifesaving ventilators and ECMO machines were in short supply. For Jim Wilson, ECMO (extracorporeal ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Overview of the Market: The Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Machine Market is experiencing notable growth driven by the rising prevalence of ...