Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support for cardiopulmonary failure

Interhospital Transport of Children Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Cardiac Dysfunction

“…Even though significant experience exists with ECMO support in children, [1][2][3][4] very few reports describe transport of these children while supported on ECMO. [6][7][8] Currently, in the United States, the Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) is one of the few institutions with the capability to transport patients while on ECMO support. ACH began performing mobile ECMO (M-ECMO) transports for children in 1990.…”

The Feasibility of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Inter-Hospital Transport and as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation

“…Inter-hospital transport using ECMO has been evolving since the early phase of ECMO development, and since the first report of inter-hospital transport of 2 patients by Bartlett, et al, the ability of ECMO to support this procedure has been considered to be one of its important benefits. 4) Early ECMO devices used an open circuit and a centrifugal pump. The ECMO equipment was large and required a large transport team, and inter-hospital transport was only possible in a limited number of ECMO centers.…”

Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the management of an obstructed airway

“…In addition it is not intended for long term support, whereas ECMO can be continued for long periods without major complications [8]. ECMO was first used by Bartlett in the 1970's [9,10] and is now in widespread use in both children and adults.…”