VA-ECMOadvanced6 min
Pump head silent
Handover
Sudden zero flow on VA. The console is throwing a drive error and the pump head is not spinning. MAP is 40 and falling. The backup drive and hand crank are on the crash cart in the room. The patient will not wait for biomed.
Uncorrected hypoxemia, shock, or a dead circuit progresses to pre-arrest, then a code.
Goals
- · Drive restored
- · Flow ≥ 3 L
- · MAP ≥ 60