Using simulation to create a unique regional ECMO program for the greater Poland region

Joint Authors

Pus´lecki, Mateusz
Ligowski, Marcin
Stefaniak, Sebastian
Zielin´ski, Marcin
Pawlak, Aleksander
Da˛browski, Marek
Kłosiewicz, Tomasz
Sip, Maciej
Karczewski, Marek
Małkiewicz, Tomasz
Gasiorowski, Łukasz
Telec, Wojciech
Ładzin´ska, Małgorzata
Ładzin´ski, Piotr
Perek, Bartłomiej
Misterski, Marcin
Mrówczyński, Wojciech
Sobczyński, Paweł
Panieński, Paweł
Łukasik Głębocka, Magdalena
Artyńska, Aniela
Gezela, Mariusz
Buczkowski, Piotr
Czekajlo, Michael
Jemielity, Marek

Source

Qatar Medical Journal

Publisher

Hamad Medical Corporation

Publication Date

2017-06-30

Country of Publication

Qatar

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Nursing

English Abstract

Background: “ECMO for Greater Poland” is a program being developed to serve the 3.5 million inhabitants of the Greater Poland region (Wielkopolska) based on an approach already implemented in the USA1 or Qatar.2,3 Method: The program is complex and takes full advantage of the ECMO perfusion therapy opportunities to save the life of patients in the Greater Poland region.

The main implementation areas are: – treatment of patients with hypothermia;4 – treatment of reversible severe respiratory failure;5 – treatment of acute intoxication resulting in cardiorespiratory failure6 or other critical conditions resulting in heart failure; – in the absence of response to treatment and eventual death, and with donor authorization, there is possible organ transplantation from a non-heart beating donor (NHBD) to another patient.7 This led to the development of a program for donation after circulatory death (DCD).

Study: The program will help to put in place a Medical Rescue System including ECMO (Figure 1).

It requires training in specialized resuscitation, perfusion, and transplantation teams in the implementation of this “ECMO rescue chain”.

The main strength of the program is the widespread use of extracorporeal perfusion.

All program arms in the use of ECMO should be implemented in parallel to maximize its positive impact.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-885541

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