ECMO call saved two lives Islam Sallam 6, February , 2018

ECMO call saved two lives

Thanks God #ECMO_call_can_save_a_life
… We were able to restore hope and bring happiness to a family of father, mother and four children 😀❤
.. For the first time in Zagazig city ,Egypt and MENA regarding “ECMO Applications” ..
Cesarean section for post cardiac arrest, ARDS patient who was placed on ECMO with saved “both” mother and baby.
.. Fully equipped CardioFix ❤mobile ECMO team upon emergency call .. has moved to (Zagazig city) aiming to help post arrest pregnant female 31 weeks with ARDS on mechanical ventilator who was in need for V-V ECMO ..
.. So we placed patient on ECMO. Termination of pregnancy was urgently needed.
Patient was transported to OR ..
Cesarean section on ECMO for the first time in Egypt and MENA done
EPH team had great collaborative work to save the life of (both mother and baby) with different specialties & great kind physicians :
– Cardiac surgery
– ECMO Consultants
– Chest
– Anaesthesia
– ICU
– Cardiology
– Obst./Gyne
– Neonatology
– Nurses
– Biomedical engineers
– Portets
– House keeping
– Patient’s relatives
Serials of lab. works, X-ray, bronchoscopic examinations and lavage ..
.. Now
– Mother .. Off ECMO & Extubated
– Baby .. fine
“ECMO call saved two lives ..”
Thanks alot for all the team and supporting
– Our group top management
– Dr. Hazem Fouad
– Dr. Khalid Fouad
– Dr. Ashraf Elsayed Sileem
– Dr. Ahmed awadallah
– Dr. Ahmed Bekhit
– Dr. Ahmed Zidan
– Dr. Mohamed Allam
– Dr. Mohamed Shatila
– Dr. Mohamed Hasan Asem
– Dr. Dent Osama Shalaby
– Eng. Farag gaber
– Eng. Khairy Ewis Eldarby
– Eng. Mohamed Mostafa
Special thanks for our supporting friends from Netherlands
Michel de Jong