UW Medicine ECMO Team Performs First Off-Site Cannulation
UW Medicine ECMO Team
On April 18, 2024, UW Medicine’s Extracorporeal Life Support (ECMO) transport team performed their first off-site cannulation for a patient with severe respiratory failure who was too unstable to transport from Valley Medical Center. Once the patient was on ECMO, they were successfully transported to Harborview Medicine Center.
About UW Medicine’s ECMO Program
Located in Seattle, Washington, UW Medicine’s ECMO program provides life support via a heart and lung (ECMO) machine in adult patients whose heart and lungs have failed or are not working properly.
The EMCO team consists of specially trained ICU nurses, respiratory therapists (ECMO specialists), and clinical perfusionists, who work in conjunction with ECMO-trained critical care doctors and their teams in the cardiothoracic, medical, and trauma/surgical intensive care units across UW Medicine. We primarily serve as a resource and referral center for patients throughout the PNW region including Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. MORE
| UW MEDICINE ECMO TRANSPORT TEAM Saman Arbabi, MD, MPH, FACS Jenelle Badulak, MD Erika Bisgaard, MD Scott Brakenridge, MD, FACS Eileen Bulger, MD, FACS Chris Hebert, MD Nick Johnson, MD, FACEP, FCCM Rob Klemisch, MD Alex Malloy, DO John Scott, MD, MSc Barclay Stewart, MD, PhD, MPH |
EMCO TRANSPORT SPECIALISTS Megan Robinson, RN Melissa Cullen, RT Kailey Sparks, RN Anna Backholm, RN Analaura Correa, RT Mariya Golub, RN Rebecca Strully, RN Betie Tesfaye, RN |
ECMO LEADERSHIP Mike Mulligan MD, UW Medical Center – Montlake ECMO Medical Director Megan Robinson, BSN, RN, UW Medical Center – Montlake ECMO Program Manager Kailey Sparks, RN, BSN, UW Medical Center – Montlake ECMO Program Assistant Manager Melissa Cullen, RRT, UW Medical Center – Montlake ECMO Program Assistant Manager Jenelle Badulak, MD, UW Medicine ECMO Associate Program Director John Scott, MD, Harborview ECMO Medical Director Patricia Anderson, MN, BSN, RN, CCRN, Harborview ECMO Director of Program Operations Joe Rosen, RN, BSN, Harborview ECMO Clinical Nurse Educator |