Machines add oxygen to blood of Nebraska's sickest COVID patients
The goal of ECMO in a severely ill COVID patient is to allow the lungs to rest and recover so that they again can do their job - oxygenate the blood. But it's a last resort.
The goal of ECMO in a severely ill COVID patient is to allow the lungs to rest and recover so that they again can do their job - oxygenate the blood. But it's a last resort.