Before this initiative, no healthcare providers in Mobile or Baldwin County offered ECMO services, requiring patients to travel to Birmingham or out of state, often at great risk and inconvenience. USA Health is fulfilling the urgent need to provide local access to advanced cardiopulmonary care.
By Michelle Ryan-Day USA Health Providence Hospital has launched a new program that brings lifesaving care closer to patients in southwest Alabama. The west Mobile hospital now offersExtracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), an advanced therapy that temporarily supports the heart and lungs for patients with severe, potentially reversible cardiac or respiratory failure.
“As the leading academic health system serving the upper Gulf Coast, USA Health has a responsibility to bring the highest level of care to our region,” said Natalie Fox, DNP, CEO of USA Health. “The addition of ECMO at Providence Hospital means critically ill patients no longer have to leave their community to access this lifesaving technology.”…