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ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support  

Top Notch Technology Saves Lives 

U.S. Air Force-Army-civilian team makes medical history 

Current Projects

• ECMOjo is a simulator and trainer for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on your work or home computer as a Java application. ECMOjo is available for all major operating systems including Windows, Macintosh, Linux and UNIX. The application consists of a graphical user interface to teach physicians, nurses, and students the basics of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• ECMO Transport System description and operation manual. With oversight from Elliot Aviation, we designed an ECMO transport system for neonatal, pediatric and adolescent patients for fixed wing, rotary wing and ground. The transport sled fits into available aircraft and provides secure transport on our long range ECMO transports across the Pacific Ocean. Testing and refinement of the system is ongoing. Any purchasing or cost inquires should be directed to ELSO. Please contact Peter Rycus at ELSO prycus@umich.edu.

Resources

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) is an international consortium of health care professionals and scientists who are dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel therapies for support of failing organ systems. Crucial is the promotion of a broad multidisciplinary collaboration. The primary mission of the Organization is to maintain a registry of, at least, use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in active ELSO centers. As appropriate, registries of other novel forms of organ system support are within the purview of ELSO. Registry data is to be used to support clinical research, support regulatory agencies, and support individual ELSO centers. ELSO provides educational programs for active centers as well as for the broader medical and lay communities.

The John A. Burns School of Medicine  

SimTiki is a multimodal simulation center serving healthcare education communities of Hawai‘i , Asia, and the Pacific Islands.

Publications/Presentations:

• Clinical Experience With Avalon 13FR Dual Lumen Catheter
• Computer-Based Simulation for (ECMO) Skills Training
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Avalon Elite Bi-Caval Dual Lumen Catheter in Neonatal and Pediatric VV ECMO
• ECMO Simulation Without Busting The Budget
• ECMO Transport Across the Pacific: A Case Report
• Reappraising ACT and PTT Bedside ECMO Anticoagulation Tests Using Quantile Regression