Recent content by ecmotoo

You highlight some very important aspects of advancing life support. Unfortunately we are increasing the ability to keep people "alive"...but can't always provide them with a measurable level of "Quality of Life". It's important to keep those discussions in the mix of advancement.

Lol...yes. And we don't like that to be the prime indicator for ECMO. However, E-CPR is a subset of patients that, under the right conditions, are ECMO candidates. And for the purposes of the EMT discussion...we have still not made the successful jump from providing ECPR in the hospital to...

I received a PM but as a new user I can not respond to PM yet. So thought others may want this info also. I am not a doctor. I grew up a Respiratory Therapist...then obtained my Nursing degree. I have been working as an ECMO Specialist for most of the last 18 years. I currently own a...

ECMO INFO and MISINFO I've enjoyed reading all these posts. It's clear that there is a lot of misinformation regarding ECMO. Some of what has been discussed in this thread regarding ECMO is correct. I have been active in the ECMO community since mid 1990's. So I am an supporter of...