Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Walk Celebrates Patient's Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Journey 30 Years Ago
July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news on July 30:
Thirty years ago, Shawn Drumgoole took a life-saving ride to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to be placed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
At 1 day old, Drumgoole was placed on the mechanical pump that temporarily takes over for the heart and lungs of critically ill patients, allowing them to rest and recover.
Childre . . .
Thirty years ago, Shawn Drumgoole took a life-saving ride to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to be placed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
At 1 day old, Drumgoole was placed on the mechanical pump that temporarily takes over for the heart and lungs of critically ill patients, allowing them to rest and recover.
Childre . . .