With the University of Minnesota, M Health Fairview, and Dr. Demetris Yannopoulos, we set out to revolutionize cardiac care when we funded the creation of the first mobile ECMO truck in the world and the ECMO Center of Excellence.
This partnership has led to the treatment of over 1,000 cardiac arrest patients, and was recently featured by the New York Times Magazine, which called M Health Fairview's ECMO program "unparalleled in the country, if not the world, with survival rates and patient numbers that set it apart as the most advanced of its kind.”
Last week, the ECMO Intake Center at the University of Minnesota Medical Center opened. This suite provides quick care for patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. After a person experiences a cardiac arrest, every second matters to ensure survival. ECMO is a form of life support that functions like the heart or lungs, and can give doctors more time to treat a cardiac arrest.
“The time it takes from a 911 call to the person being placed on ECMO is the single most important predictor of outcomes,” said Demetris Yannopoulos, the visionary behind the ECMO truck and ECMO Center of Excellence.
This new center will continue to speed up the process and save lives.
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