LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — More life saving technology is coming to local hospitals thanks to a special grant. We sat down with one patient who told us if it wasn't for this special technology, he doesn't ...

This procedure can be used in adults to manage refractory cardiac arrest that happens in or out of hospital if the heart has a shockable rhythm or the cardiac arrest has reversible causes. It can be ...

There are uncertainties about how well this procedure works or how safe it is. So, it can only be done while more evidence is generated to check if it is safe and clinically effective. This means you ...

Last October, the Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article that delved into the ethical considerations for hospitals due to the ever-improving outcomes being seen with Extracorporeal ...

A new method to resuscitate cardiac arrest patients often proves more effective than CPR, but various implementation hurdles have prevented many hospitals from using it, according to a March 27 ...

Eurosets Srl reported the first patient treatments using Colibri, which the company asserts is the world’s lightest extracorporeal life support (ECLS) system. This first clinical procedure was ...

Speaking from his hospital bed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, James Perkinson's voice is raspy. In late February, he'd just been taken off ECMO, where the blood is piped outside ...

She survived, but she lost both arms and both legs. A sore throat turned into a rare infection. The infection turned into sepsis. Her organs failed. Her heart stopped. “I should have been dead. I didn ...