Subspecialized Nurses News Today

Portland. theyre utilizing something called echo. its a fancy term for a really complicated medical device that removes a patients blood from their body, sends it to a machine called an oxygenator. that then gets returned to the patient. its labor intensive and could be life saving. theyre needing this device at a rate 300% higher than a typical flu season. for every patient that needs it, theres five that want it and could qualify. we talked to the medical director of the program at ohu. this i...