Mayo Clinic’s Current Concepts in Extracorporeal Life Support: Medical Management and High-Fidelity Cannulation Simulations 2026

Mayo Clinic’s Current Concepts in Extracorporeal Life Support: Medical Management and High-Fidelity Cannulation Simulations 2026 focuses on advanced techniques, patient management strategies, and ethical considerations in extracorporeal life support.

Key Topics

• Which cannulation strategy will achieve optimal success
• Identifying patient populations that may benefit from ECLS (including ECPR)
• Strategies to treat pain, agitation and delirium in the ECLS patient
• Anticoagulation, transfusion and fluid management during ECLS
• Ethical dilemmas during the care of ECLS patients
• The use of echocardiography in hemodynamic assessment of ECLS patients

Who should Attend

• Respiratory therapists
• ECMO specialists
• Perfusionists and physicians specializing in critical care medicine
• Nurses