ROCHESTER – Mayo Clinic doctors here might try to save you from a cardiac arrest by sticking large tubes in your groin. Those tubes, along with wiring and needles, are connected to an extracorporeal ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reconfigures its masking guidelines to consider health systems, a recent study highlights the importance of keeping hospital capacity and resources at ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — More life saving technology is coming to local hospitals thanks to a special grant. We sat down with one patient who told us if it wasn't for this special technology, he doesn't ...

Natalya Manhertz, once a thriving teen athlete, defied death through ECMO support after a rare infection led to sepsis, costing her limbs.

Thirteen-month-old Matteo Baca from New Mexico is recovering after a serious battle with COVID-19 that left his mother with a choice–put him on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, or ...

Wellington Elementary teacher Emily Presley was a “model of health” before a virus called parainfluenza led to damage in her lungs, husband Jeff said. She has been on an ECMO machine for over four ...

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Hospitals are leveraging every resource available to help save lives during the pandemic. One of those tools is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO machines are ...

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 ...