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ECMO service recognised as ‘platinum’ centre of excellence
… … Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust’s ECMO services have been highly praised at an international … with the silver award, while Royal Brompton Hospital’s ECMO programme received the prestigious platinum award. The …
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Artificial Intelligence predicts best treatment for Covid-19 patients
… are assessed, and patients that do not respond can be referred for other interventions, such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) – a life support machine that acts as an artificial …
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Specialist clinics opened for patients suffering long-term effects of Covid-19
… for example, benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation and are referred to the Trust’s pulmonary rehabilitation service at … life support via extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). As a result of an extended period in intensive care, …
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Inside a hospital unit fighting to save sickest Covid-19 patients
… Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald reported on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine) and how, … ventilation is no longer enough to keep a patient alive, ECMO is often the last hope for the sickest patents. ECMO is …
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New cardiogenic shock service to help save lives 
… rapidly convening experts from multiple teams to work with referring clinicians in order to help as many patients as … she was placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a life-support machine that takes over the function of …
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Harefield Hospital patient goes home thanks to total artificial heart
… with a total artificial heart.  Selwa was urgently referred to Harefield Hospital with end stage heart failure … deteriorating so rapidly that doctors had to put her on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), a life-saving …
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Fighting to survive: Channel 4 reports on a year of Covid-19 at Royal Brompton Hospital
… the AICU team about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a sophisticated type of life support, and heard how … against all the odds. Raj, the hospital’s longest-staying ECMO patient, was filmed one year ago in hospital, as part of …
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“I’m going home”: Royal Brompton Hospital patient shares his Covid-19 ‘journey'
… than 50 patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a form of life support. Royal Brompton Hospital is one of five centrally-funded adult ECMO centres in England. … Covid-19 patient Sam McQueen was …
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Recovered Covid-19 patient thanks staff for giving him a second chance at life
… … A Covid-19 patient at Royal Brompton Hospital who was on ECMO for more than 60 days, longer than any other patient … Covid-19 and put on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ( ECMO) – a form of life support, after conventional …
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“I knew I was feeling my own heart for the last time in my chest."
… bout of tests which suggested “he was probably fine,” referred Jack to Glenfield Hospital, near his home in … he was placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a form of life support that takes over the job of the …
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