The ECMO Story

“I think of it as a second chance." Join Michigan Medicine ECMO Specialists and Robert Bartlett, M.D., Michigan Medicine Professor of Surgery Emeritus in General Surgery, the "Father of ECMO," to learn more about this technology that has saved tens of thousands of patients around the world.

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[udmgraduate]

I work as a nurse in the CVICU. Taking ECMO patients has impacted my life in profound ways and challenged me to care for an entirely new type of patient. I'm so thankful for my time in ECMO rooms.

[lesleyculbert]

Omg... you guys are AMAZING... NEVER question what you do... you give life, where chances are slim, , , you work miracles... I know.... I AM one.... I am almost 7yrs post ECMO... and loving life thanks to the ECMO teams in Glenfield Leicester UK.... I thank god every day for them and for YOU Mr Bartlett.... Thank you seems so little, , , when you have given so many, so much …" LIFE !!!! " I hope one day to take part in an ECMO Picnic.... one day …. LOVE to you all …. keep on giving the gift of life xxxx

[shellycramer]

Hello Dr. Bartlett. My name is Shelly. My daughter Meaghan Rondeau"s life was saved by your amazing ECMO. In Miami Children's Hospital in 1997. Please please please contact me! I would love to tell her story! She is 24 years old, soon to be 25! July 2nd of this year. According to my information she was the smallest baby to be put on ECMO. At 5lbs.

[karavandyke]

Thank you from a grateful Buckeye Mom. My baby boy was an ecmo baby at Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born with Group B Strep and was septic. His name is Max and he is 29 yrs old now and a graduate of Ohio University. May God Bless the state up North!!

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