How Respiratory Season Impacts ECMO Demand—And How to Prepare Your Program
Every fall, cardiovascular program leaders face the same challenge: respiratory season is coming, ECMO demand will surge, but the timing and volume remain impossible to predict. This year, with overlapping flu, RSV, and COVID-19 circulating simultaneously, the pressure on ECMO programs has intensified—and so has the strain on the teams that support them. For hospitals […]
Verticalization: The Bridge to Mobilizing ECMO Patients
Want to learn how to implement these mobilization strategies in your ECMO program? Join us January 20-21, 2026 for our hands-on ECMO Collaborative Care and Mobilization Simulation Course in Murfreesboro, TN. Register here. __________ For decades, patients on ECMO faced a predictable fate: deeply sedated, paralyzed, intubated, and bed-bound. These were patients in profound cardiogenic […]