Calm before the storm - austere environments - challenging indications (trauma)

Taylor Miller, Andrew Alberter, Jennifer Munley, Patrick Walker, Elizabeth K. Powell, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Walter Reed National Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Battlefield Shock and Organ Support Laboratory, Uniformed Services University, Emergency Medicine and Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Perfusion

Published online on May 06, 2026

Abstract

Perfusion, Volume 41, Issue 1_suppl, Page 110S-116S, May 2026.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly used as an adjunct in the management of critically injured trauma patients requiring operative intervention. Although trauma represents a small proportion of overall ECMO use, its application has ...