
ECMO - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Royal Papworth

Ambulance ECMO and RRV

ECMO Support

Royal Papworth
ECMO (or extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation) is a life-support function offered to patients with forms of heart and lung failure; the technique involves oxygenating blood outside of the body.
ECMO is a highly specialised technique, which needs the input of intensive care specialists, cardiothoracic surgeons as well as ECMO-trained nurses and perfusion scientists.
Royal Papworth hospital provides the ECMO service to patients in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and North East London. To find out more about ECMO; please use the reference link below
Reference
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/our-services/theatres-and-critical-care/ecmo
As a sub-contractor we provide BLS qualified blue light trained drivers and support vehicles to the Royal Papworth Hospital’s ECMO service covering East Anglia and North London. Papworth is one of only five centres in the country to offer this service and we are immensely proud to be associated with this life-saving procedure and the amazing team of Surgeons, Perfusionists and ECMO Specialist Nurses we transfer across the country.

