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 ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can be a lifesaving technology for patients whose organs have failed. It works, essentially, by performing the functions that a healthy person’s lungs and ...

Have we ever been more aware of what it means to breathe? To fill our lungs with air, feel our chests expand and know that something so ordinary and commonplace is now — especially now — nothing to ...

Saint Francis in Tulsa is launching an ECMO-equipped ambulance to begin lifesaving care during patient transfers. Here’s how it works and who it helps. TULSA, Okla. - Saint Francis Hospital is getting ...