University of Tennessee Medical Center staffers are saving the lives of East Tennesseans fighting COVID-19 through a new treatment that's in very high demand. Nearly a year after the pandemic made its ...

You may think of ventilators as the last line of defense for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. But that’s not always the case. Next-level life support exists for some of the sickest ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic ventilators were in short supply. Now a different treatment is in demand for the sickest of Covid patients. ECMO therapy is a last-resort ...

ECMO machines are the only thing that can save the life of a severely infected coronavirus patient when ventilators won’t work, said Ge Bai, an associate professor of accounting and health policy and ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford Hospital is one of a few centers using ECMO, a leading-edge, life-saving treatment method for patients with respiratory and cardiac failure. Dr. Jason Gluck, director ...

Marshfield, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield is one of three Wisconsin hospitals to offer ECMO treatment. ECMO is the highest form of life support that is offered at the hospital.

CHICAGO (CBS) --The worst of COVID-19 patients now have a new lifeline in an alternative therapy. Chicago-area doctors said it could create a rapid turnaround when a ventilator proves useless. CBS 2's ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic ventilators were in short supply. Now a different treatment is in demand for the sickest of Covid patients. ECMO therapy is a last-resort ...