Cooper Critical Care is the premier center in the region to care for patients with respiratory failure and is now the only hospital in South Jersey to offer respiratory ECMO rescue therapy. Veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is a form of pulmonary life-support that circulates blood outside the body using a mechanical pump. With this therapy, compromised organs can rest and heal. VV-ECMO is specific to patients with damaged and/or injured lungs. VV-ECMO requires a multidisciplinary team approach to care that includes, but is not limited to, critical care, pulmonary medicine, anesthesiology, and perfusion.
As a major transfer center with more than 7,000 transfers from area hospitals each year, Cooper is proud to offer this life-saving care. Patients who may have been sent to Philadelphia hospitals for VV-ECMO can now stay in South Jersey.