The UAB Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program aims to staff multiple patients in need of ECMO treatment in a dedicated section of the cardiothoracic ICU with full support of an ECMO ...

However, ECMO is unable to save covid-19 patients with multiple organs that have already started to shut down, because it only replaces the job of the lungs and sometimes the heart, not other organs.

An example curriculum with objectives is included below. Be familiar with both the standard ECMO circuit and the transport ECMO circuit. Understand the anticoagulation strategies for patients ...