Low transpulmonary pressure (stretch across the lungs) may mediate BP fistula closure in patients with #ARDS. #ECMO support is sometimes needed to achieve these low transpulmonary pressures in patients with severe lung injury. @sccm UCSD Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, & Physiology

The Southern California #ECMO consortium increased ECMO capacity and equitable access during the #COVID19 pandemic in our region. @PollemaTravis Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN ELSO UC San Diego Health Sharp HealthCare Scripps Health SD HHSA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34099097/

Mazen Odish and Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN making publishing look easy! Here they are describing UC San Diego Health mobile ECMO program during COVID pandemic. Lives saved across 4 SoCal counties. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34176676/

Mobile #ECMO during #COVID19 pandemic at UC San Diego Health No SARs-CoV-2 infections to staff Safe and feasible if from experienced ECMO and transport team Survival 52% (11/21) for COVID-19 pts Thanks to UCSD Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, & Physiology for caring for these patients Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN, Dr. Travis Pollema, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

🚑 Developing & deploying mobile #ECMO team to serve pts with #COVID19 in 13 facilities across 4 southern California counties. Survival to hospital discharge for 22 pts who received mobile ECMO 52.4% vs 45.2% for matched patients cannulated in-house. bit.ly/3dqXfUQ

So proud of our #nurses, #perfusionists, and rest of our #ECMO team UC San Diego Health! Mazen Odish Robert Owens Dr. Travis Pollema #medtwitter ELSO

Why are #ECMO Consortiums are essential? - Equipment sharing to maximize regional ECMO census - Shared ECMO criteria to ⬆️ equitable access and community benefit - Mobile ECMO to retrieve pts UC San Diego Health ELSO Sheri Fink Published our experience: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34099097/

Congratulations UC San Diego Health #ECMO Team! Honored to receive ELSO Gold Award for Excellence in Life Support. Thanks all the team members that made this possible! Dr. Travis Pollema - Program Director Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN - Program Manager Our #Nurses #Perfusion health.ucsd.edu/ecmo

Glad to talk to The San Diego Union-Tribune with Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN about our current #COVID surge. - Cases are increasing everywhere - Hospitals again are getting stretched to their limits across the #USA - Its mainly a pandemic among the #unvaccinated - Encourage each other to get #vaccinated

Good to see one of our ECMO patients back to work! Great job UCSD Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, & Physiology Mazen Odish Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN Dr. Travis Pollema ! nbcsandiego.com/news/local/uni…

Specifically, we formed the Southern California ECMO Consortium that included #UCSanDiegoHealth, Sharp HealthCare, Scripps Health and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. In a recently published paper, we found that 97 lives were saved because of the consortium.

For Jay Buenaflor, he considers himself one of those 97 lives after spending 52 days on ECMO at Jacobs Medical Center. Since recovering from #COVID19, he’s now back at work as a pediatrician in Brawley, CA. Learn more about his story and the consortium ⬇️ nbcsandiego.com/news/local/uni…

Did another mobile #ECMO with Dr. Travis Pollema and Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN today. UC San Diego Health UCSD Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, & Physiology health.ucsd.edu/ecmo

After more than 50 days on advanced life support, a recovering COVID-19 patient celebrates his new lease on life thanks to the first double-lung transplant performed in the region by a team of #UCSDHealth physicians. health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/…

We have had to #transplant two patients at UC San Diego Health on #ECMO when they were unable to recover from #COVID19.

1/ What is happening in this #ECMO case? How would you address it? Dr. Travis Pollema Cassia Yi, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN Robert Owens health.ucsd.edu/ecmo

Honored to be doing some #ECMO outreach Centro Médico ABC! UC San Diego Health #UCSDecmo

What is the best part of becoming an #ECMO trainer for ELSO? Meeting Dr. Robert Bartlett himself!!!