ECMO Guideline

About us

We are a tertiary Intensive Care Unit in Melbourne, Australia with a comprehensive ECMO service since 2003 and a 24/7 ECPR program since 2012. You can find more information on our website The Alfred ICU and on our separate teaching website the Intensive blog.

Featured content

ECPR INCLUSION criteria

New ECPR trolley

Patient selection VA ECMO and VV ECMO

Contributors

Authors

David Anderson, Aidan Burrell, Sarah Collins, Arne Diehl, Trent Hartshorne, Kate Hayes, Carol Hodgson, Matthew Hung, Josh Ihle, Maurice Le Guen, Elisa Licari, David McGiffin, Steve McGloughlin, Vinodh Nanjayya, Chris Nickson, Paul Nixon, Vincent Pellegrino, Sacha Richardson, Brooke Riley, Lloyd Roberts, Jayne Sheldrake, Sarah Yong

Web Developer

Lloyd Roberts

Editors

Arne Diehl, Vincent Pellegrino, Jayne Sheldrake

Updates

This guideline is produced by the clinical team at the Alfred ICU. There are 8 main sections of the guideline and these were last updated as per the following table.

Disclaimer

This guideline is in clinical use at the Alfred Hospital, in the context of the experience and processes in place there. It is provided to the wider community as an educational resource only.

However, practitioners must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information or methods described herein, being mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for which they have a professional responsibility.

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