PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We are taking a closer look at ECMO, a machine that has saved thousands of lives over the past 50 years and has now been an essential tool in the fight against COVID. Chantel ...

ECMO is a type of life support for people with severe heart and lung conditions. ECMO involves a machine that pumps your blood (when your heart can’t) and adds oxygen to it (when your lungs can’t). An ...

In case of heart and/or lung failure, an ECMO machine can be used to maintain organ function for days or even weeks. Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has advanced, its ...

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 ...

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.

From masks, to tests, to hospital beds, to ventilators. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain medical resources and personnel like never before. Now, another life-support machine is in ...

Marshfield, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield is one of three Wisconsin hospitals to offer ECMO treatment. ECMO is the highest form of life support that is offered at the hospital.

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 ...

Perfusion describes when fluids such as blood and lymph pass through tissue. A perfusionist is a professional who operates machinery when this process requires assistance, such as during heart surgery ...