ECMO stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. An ECMO machine takes blood from your veins, pumps it outside the body (extracorporeal), removes carbon dioxide, adds oxygen (oxygenation), and ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Brooke Army Medical Center has received national recognition for its lifesaving heart-lung bypass program. BAMC's adult extracorporeal membrane ...

Grant McIntyre does not remember anything for 50 days while he was receiving ECMO treatment When Grant McIntyre was admitted to intensive care, seriously ill with Covid-19, the help of a ventilator ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- A cancer survivor recently had an emotional reunion with some of the members of an elite team of medical providers at Brooke Army Medical Center and saw the machine ...