Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can be defined as the emergent use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on patients in cardiac arrest for whom conventional CPR has failed.

ORLANDO, Fla. – You wouldn’t think you could live when both your heart and lungs are failing, but there is technology that makes it possible, and the first and only program of its kind in Central ...

Nick Gegen went to bed on Monday, Aug. 18, after feeling a little weird, like he had acid reflux. At 2 a.m., he woke up gasping for air. His wife, Syndle, asked him if he was OK, then watched him fall ...

BAILEY, Colo. — When COVID-19 was continuing its deadly spread through Colorado, ICUs filled up. Lifesaving ventilators and ECMO machines were in short supply. For Jim Wilson, ECMO (extracorporeal ...