The machine that saved Ryan Robbins’s life is raising tough ethical questions about how drastically to intervene on behalf of the critically ill. After Covid-19 ravaged the 51-year-old’s lungs in July ...
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation used to be a last resort. Since COVID, it’s become a mainstay for guys with failing lungs ...
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, ...
Learn how ECMO supports the heart and lungs during critical illness. Explore how it works, when it's used, its benefits, risks and what patients should know.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — More life saving technology is coming to local hospitals thanks to a special grant. We sat down with one patient who told us if it wasn't for this special technology, he doesn't ...
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 ...
Patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- a type of heart-lung bypass therapy -- typically need extended bed rest, due to ...
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 ...
University of Tennessee Medical Center staffers are saving the lives of East Tennesseans fighting COVID-19 through a new treatment that's in very high demand. Nearly a year after the pandemic made its ...
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is continuing to grow, with 77,542 patients in North America receiving the form of life support in the past five years, according to the ...
Doctors in Arizona doubted that Dr. Karl Viddal was going to make it. The ventilator was running at its highest setting and still wasn't enough for his lungs. Doctors in Arizona doubted that Dr. Karl ...