Research Article
Patient Safety during ECMO Transportation: Single Center Experience and Literature Review
Table 1
Summary of our experience with transfers of the ECMO-supported patients.
| | No. | Sex | Age (years) | ECMO type | Cannulation | Vehicle | On ECMO transportation distance (km) | Indication | Deaths or incidents |
| | 1 | F | 56 | VV | Percutaneous | AC | 120 | RRF | — | | 2 | F | 19 | VV | Percutaneous | AC | 10 | RRF | — | | 3 | M | 52 | VV | Percutaneous | AC | 10 | RRF | — | | 4 | M | 59 | VV | Percutaneous | AC | 40 | RRF | — | | 5 | M | 28 | VV | Percutaneous | AC | 50 | RRF | — | | 6 | M | 2 | VV | Percutaneous | AD | 200 | RRF | — | | 7 | M | 21 | VA | Surgical | AD | 80 | CS | — | | 8 | M | 63 | VV | Percutaneous | AD | 120 | RRF | — | | 9 | F | 23 | VV | Percutaneous | AD | 5 | RRF | — | | 10 | M | 19 | VV | Percutaneous | AD | 10 | RRF | — | | 11 | F | 38 | VV | Percutaneous | AD | 100 | RRF | — | | 12 | F | 62 | VV | Percutaneous | AD | 5 | RRF | — |
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Median with range (minimal/maximal values); AC: conventional ambulance; AD: ECMO-dedicated ambulance; CS: cardiogenic shock; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; RRF: reversible respiratory failure; VV: venovenous; VA: venoarterial. |
