ECMO Used for Life Saving Treatment at Harborview Medical Center
Eileen Bulger, MD, Chief of Trauma at Harborview Medical Center, discusses how the ECMO provides life saving treatment. The ECMO machine is similar to the heart-lung by-pass machine used in open-heart surgery. It pumps and oxygenates a patient's blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest.
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