Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Paper

The University of Mary Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Leadership and Management Program along with the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program of The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota collaborated to improve upon the ECMO simulation format currently used at the organization. ECMO is a medical treatment that serves as a form of life support to sustain life in those who are experiencing respiratory and/or cardiac failure. This modality of treatment is becoming more common among academic medical centers and is extending into new patient populations with every passing year. As this advanced form of life support extends into treatment plans, it is paramount that the providers who care for and manage these patients be prepared to respond and manage emergencies specifically attributed to ECMO support. …show more content…
As ECMO utilization and patient acuity increases within the organization, Mayo Clinic aims to have an education platform that ensures staff confidence and proficiency in the management of the patient population. Research shows that ECMO emergencies, though infrequent, can lead to poor patient outcomes if inadequately identified, treated, or managed. These high risk low probability events are best replicated in a simulation format that allows for high fidelity scenarios to be produced in a real world like clinical setting. Currently, Mayo Clinic Rochester offers simulation training in the emergency management of ECMO patients to all provider specialties. Though all specialties are trained in the simulation environment, no simulation training is offered that mimics the multidisciplinary approach that is provided in true clinical emergencies. UMary EBP Project Team and Mayo Clinic Rochester collaborated to adapt the current single specialty ECMO simulation format into a multidisciplinary simulation setting to reflect clinical