Physician - Mobile ECMO-Cardio - UMMC, Minneapolis, MN

Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) Physician

The physician will emergently respond 24/7 to Fairview hospitals and other partnership healthcare organizations for ECMO initiation, management, and transport for patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and other cardiovascular emergencies requiring ECMO/ECPR related therapy. An Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) physician is a specialist, critical care or interventional cardiology physician, who can respond emergently and lead a team in initiating ECMO for patients with refractory cardiac arrest. The role involves performing emergency ultrasound-guided percutaneous cannulations to establish the ECMO circuit, coordinating a multidisciplinary team, and managing the patient's complex, multi-system care until they can be stabilized and transferred to the cardiac catheterization lab and/or intensive care unit. The team is expected to provide care and management of those patients unt...

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