REVIEW ARTICLE
Year : 2022 | Volume
: 6 | Issue : 5 | Page : 2--6
New national centralized extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program during a pandemic: Reaping what we sow!
Mohamed H Azzam1, Ahmed A Rabie2, Alyaa Elhazmi3, Hani Mufti4, Husam A Bahaudden5, Ali A Al Bshabshe6, Ayed Y Assiri7, Mohammed Al Maani8
1 Critical Care Department, Dr. Suliman Alhabib Medical Group, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Critical Care Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Internal Medicine Department, King Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4 Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Faisal Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, MNGHA-WR; Cardiac Surgery Department, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Intensive Care Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5 Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Faisal Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, MNGHA-WR, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
6 Critical Care Department, King Khaled University Hospital, Asser, Saudi Arabia
7 Critical Care Departments, Alhayat Medical Group, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
8 Critical Care Department, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Ahmed A Rabie
Department of Critical Care, King Saud Medical City, Ulaishah Discreet 12746, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO was widely utilized during the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic. ECMO provision in Saudi Arabia has shown notable improvement; however, a considerable increase in the demand for the services regionally and globally. The national Ministry Of Health MOH ECMO program was started during the COVID-19 pandemic and aimed to organize and centralize the ECMO service all over Saudi Arabia to cope with the kingdom's vision. The program has different tasks, including lifesaving ECMO transportation during the time of surge to specialized ECMO centers through the ministry of health 1937 hotline life-saving call center. In this review article, we aimed to highlight the feasibility of launching a new national centralized ECMO program for proper control of resources during the pandemic and operational management challenges.
How to cite this article:
Azzam MH, Rabie AA, Elhazmi A, Mufti H, Bahaudden HA, Al Bshabshe AA, Assiri AY, Al Maani M. New national centralized extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program during a pandemic: Reaping what we sow!.Saudi Crit Care J 2022;6:2-6
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Azzam MH, Rabie AA, Elhazmi A, Mufti H, Bahaudden HA, Al Bshabshe AA, Assiri AY, Al Maani M. New national centralized extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program during a pandemic: Reaping what we sow!. Saudi Crit Care J [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 29 ];6:2-6
Available from: https://www.sccj-sa.org/article.asp?issn=2543-1854;year=2022;volume=6;issue=5;spage=2;epage=6;aulast=Azzam;type=0 |
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