International aircraft ECMO transportation

first French pediatric experience

Rambaud, Jerome
Léger, Pierre L.
Porlier, Ludovic
Larroquet, Michelle
Raffin, Herve
Pierron, Charlotte
Walti, Herve
Carbajal, Ricardo

¹Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
²Pediatric Surgery Department, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
³Medic’air International, Bagnolet, France
⁴Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kannerklinik, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
⁵Pediatric Emergency Department, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Rambaud Jerome, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, 26 Avenue du Dr Arnold Netter, 75012, Paris, France. Email: [email protected]

Perfusion 32(3):p 253-255, April 2017. | DOI: 10.1177/0267659116667805

Refractory severe hemodynamic or respiratory failure may require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Since some patients are too sick to be transported safely to a referral ECMO center on conventional transportation, mobile ECMO transport teams have been developed. The experiences of some ECMO transport teams have already been reported, including air and international transport. We report the first French pediatric international ECMO transport by aircraft. This case shows that a long distance intervention of the pediatric ECMO transport team is feasible, even in an international setting. Long distance ECMO transportations are widely carried out for adults, but remain rare in neonates and children.