ECMO Retrieval Program Foundation

Outline · Oxygenation and ventilation · Maintenance of anticoagulation · Sedation · Prone positioning · V-V to V-A ECMO conversion

The ECMO membrane usually sits close to the pump or may be attached to it so that it forms a single combined unit The membrane is where oxygen is added to the

ecmo Your loved one may be removed from ECMO once their lungs andor heart have improved Once the ECMO machine is turned off, the tubes are removed in the operating

ecmo ECMO blood flow in VV ECMO · If the native lung is not working, an ECMO flow >60% of the estimated cardiac output should be adequate