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 ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Providence St. Patrick Hospital's new extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine improves care for patients in critical need. The machine takes blood from the patient, ...

Speaking from his hospital bed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, James Perkinson's voice is raspy. In late February, he'd just been taken off ECMO, where the blood is piped outside ...

PHOENIX — The Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center recently launched a life-support machine program in an effort to provide Arizonans more access to lifesaving lung technology in the Valley ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a method of providing lung and heart support to patients with inadequate blood perfusion in the body, or gas exchange in the lungs. Blood is pumped from ...