Meaning of ecmo: Extracorporeal Membrane Pulmonary Oxygenation.
Extracorporeal Membrane Lung Oxygenation (English: Extra-corporeal?Membrane?Oxygenation, abbreviation: ECMO) is a medical emergency device used to provide respiration and circulation outside the body for patients during cardiopulmonary surgery, such as severe cardiopulmonary failure, heart transplantation, and other surgeries. In addition to temporarily replacing the patient's cardiopulmonary function and reducing the burden on the patient's heart and lungs, ECMO can also buy more time for medical personnel to save the patient's life.
ECMO is essentially a modified artificial heart-lung machine, the most central part of which is the membrane lung and blood pump, which play the roles of an artificial lung and an artificial heart, respectively, and can provide prolonged cardiopulmonary support to patients with severe cardiopulmonary failure, thus winning valuable time for the resuscitation of critical illnesses.
ECMO is the core support for severe cardiopulmonary failure, and is also known as the "last straw" for patients with serious illnesses. It is a top life support technology that represents the level of emergency care for a hospital, a region, and even a country.
The main components of ECMO: blood pump, oxygenator, gas mixer, heater, various arterial and venous catheters and monitors, etc., of which the blood pump and oxygenator for the core components of the Yeke Membrane, the blood pump to play the role of replacing the patient's heart, oxygenator plays the role of replacing the function of the lungs.