Gegen, 35, had been the picture of health. He has no memory of the next 10 days, but he benefited from a new approach to how ...
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 ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — ECMO machines are one of the many tools being used to fight against COVID in mid-state hospitals, and they're being used more than ever right now as the delta variant surges.
Natalya Manhertz, once a thriving teen athlete, defied death through ECMO support after a rare infection led to sepsis, ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Hospitals are leveraging every resource available to help save lives during the pandemic. One of those tools is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO machines are ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Lowcountry doctors say there’s an increase in the number of children hospitalized in the Lowcountry. With COVID numbers still higher than they’ve been at any other point in ...
PHOENIX — Several large hospital networks in Arizona are reporting that they are at capacity for ECMO machines that are used for advanced life support for the heart or lungs. Banner Health and Honor ...
For COVID patients, ECMO is a last-ditch respiratory treatment in which only about half survive. Yet a new small study suggests many lives would... Even with risky survival rate, shortages of ECMO ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The ECMO machine is being used as a form of lifesaving therapy for patients with COVID-19. There are only three of the machines south of San Antonio and they're all in Corpus ...
Since the start of the pandemic, the state has reported daily on how many ventilators are available for use in a nod to the role these machines can play in treating the sickest COVID-19 patients. Over ...