Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can be a lifesaving technology for patients whose organs have failed. It works, essentially, by performing the functions that a healthy person’s lungs and ...

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 ...

During surgery, his heart stopped and he quit breathing. Jones went into cardiac arrest, leading to severe respiratory failure. The surgical team gave 10 chest compressions to restart his heart and ...

Gino Marcantonio has two things to be thankful for that helped save his life when he collapsed from a heart attack on Jan. 21 in his mother’s house. One is technology: Hartford Hospital’s ECMO on the ...

Angie Jorgensen was hooked for five days to a machine that does the heart's work at the Nebraska Medical Center. Angie Jorgensen's day began poorly. And it soon got worse. “I woke up with just, like, ...