The power of connection: at a time when social distancing is a universal necessity, connecting as a healthcare community has never been so vitally important to keeping our patients & colleagues safe. This ELSO webinar focused on sharing experiences from around the globe that are currently in the surge phase. Highlights:
Pearls from a COVID-19 dedicated WhatsApp chat: popular discussion topics, best practices & advices shared by ECLS experts.
Stories from the front lines: preparing for the surge, indication, selection criteria & configuration for ECMO support in SARS-CoV-2 related severe respiratory failure & hemodynamic impairment, with some numbers about extracorporeal support implementation so far:
Seattle Experience by Jenelle Badulak
New York City Experience by Cara Agerstrand
Paris Experience by Matthieu Schmidt.
Here full video
And here the slides!
Tammy Friedrich, MSN, RN, BSN, ECMO Specialist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
Amy Hackmann, MD, FACS, Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Holli Williams, RN, BSN, CCRN, ECMO and VAD Specialist and Preceptor – Innovative ECMO Concepts Inc
What Have We Learned from Each Other
Jenelle Badulak, MD, Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Medicine University of Washington, Seattle, WA
COVID ECMO Preparation & Experiences In Washington
Matthieu Schmidt, MD, PhD – Service de Réanimation iCAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6
ECMO and COVID-19: Experience from Paris
