19 reactions | Scott started feeling sick in the fall of 2017. After being transferred to GW Hospital, doctors discovered he had an infection in his heart. Soon after, Scott was placed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). "ECMO is absolutely a life saving device. It is a temporary form of the heart-lung machine that we can use solely to allow their body time to recover," explains Elizabeth Pocock, MD, cardiac surgeon at GW Hospital. | George Washington University Hospital | Facebook

11K views · 898 reactions | A male patient, who has been diagnosed with the novel #coronavirus survived two cardiac arrests thanks to ECMO machine. His conditions worsened rapidly, so medical staff decided to use Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) to save his life. #COVID19 | CGTN | Facebook