- The first book exclusively dedicated to the specific aspects of nursing care for ECMO patients
- Assists members of the ICU nursing community to keep abreast of developments in ECMO patient management
- Written by respected experts in the field
- Features illustrative color figures and videos
This book explores the unique aspects involved in the management of ECMO patients such as physiopathology and indications, setting up the device, monitoring ECMO and the patient, troubleshooting, ethical aspects and rehabilitation.
For the past eight years, management of acute heart failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients has been improved by the development of short-term assistance devices, with ECMO as a first line treatment. This highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the world, who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above all, it meets their training needs with regard to bedside monitoring for these patients, which has become a major issue.
The editors and most of the contributors serve at La Pitié-Salpétrière ICU, France, which, in terms of the number of admissions and major publications produced, is one of the world’s leading authorities on ECMO.
Table of Contents- ECMO: Definitions and Principles
- Indications and Physiopathology in Venoarterial ECMO
- Indications and Physiopathology in Venovenous ECMO on Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Preparing the Patient and the ECMO Device
- Monitoring the ECMO
- Mobilizing the ECMO Patients in Everyday Care and Ambulation
- Mobilizing the ECMO Patients: Prone Positioning During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (vvECMO)
- Transport Under ECMO
- Weaning Process from Venoarterial ECMO
- Weaning of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Initial Training of Nurses
- Training of Nurses and Continuing Education in ECMO
