Like many people his age, Jerry Lucier, 54, of Northville, Mich. never got the flu shot. Then, in April, he almost died as a result of an H1N1 flu infection and was transferred by medical helicopter to the ECMO unit at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.
Felicia Ivascu, MD, director of the ECMO program at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, with patient Jerry Lucier. Courtesy of Beaumont Health photographer Liz Debeliso.
Like many people his age, Jerry Lucier, 54, of Northville, Mich. never got the flu shot. Then, in April, he almost died as a result of an H1N1 flu infection and was transferred by medical helicopter to the ECMO unit at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich. ECMO stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. H1N1 is a flu strain especially aggressive in individuals aged 25 to 64…