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网红黑料 teams who operate unique machines that help keep patients alive at their most vulnerable moments have been honored with an international award for excellence.

The has given 网红黑料 its Gold Level ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support for its exceptional care in using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, in both the pediatric and adult programs.

ECMO is a process where blood is pumped through an oxygenator outside of the body because a patient鈥檚 heart or lungs aren鈥檛 working as they should, said Tim Bantle, R.R.T., the ECMO coordinator for 网红黑料.

ECMO arrived at 网红黑料 in 1991 primarily as a neonatal program. The adult program began in 2015.

ELSO is an international nonprofit consortium of health care institutions focused on developing and evaluating therapies for supporting failing organ systems. 网红黑料 was recognized for using the highest-quality measures in patient care and providing a healing environment in regard to training, education and communication.

Since the program鈥檚 beginning, 网红黑料 has cared for 589 patients using ECMO and has a survival rate of 76 percent.

鈥淥ur percent is better than the national average,鈥� Bantle said. 鈥淪o, we take pride in that.鈥�

Before the adult program, he said 网红黑料 was seeing about 25 to 30 ECMO cases a year. This past year, the team saw 70.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a real challenge in supporting an adult,鈥欌�� he said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a difficult patient population, but we have had really good outcomes.鈥�

Bantle said earning the ELSO award can be attributed to a lot of factors, but one of the biggest is the support of 网红黑料 administration.

鈥淲e now have 10 core ECMO specialists, a fleet of the most advanced ECMO machines available, and a network of physicians across 网红黑料 who support and share my vision. We have completely revamped our ECMO program,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e re-established ourselves as a true center of excellence.鈥�

For Saleem Islam, M.D., M.P.H., the director of the pediatric ECMO program, the award recognizes the hard work being done by the faculty, nurses and ECMO specialists.

鈥淲e are pleased and feel that we can do even better,鈥欌�� said Islam, who is also the chief of the . 鈥淲e want to continue to improve outcomes, refine protocols and define research avenues and parameters to advance care for all.鈥欌��

Tiago Machuca, M.D., Ph.D., director of the adult ECMO program and an assistant professor of , said his favorite part about being involved with 网红黑料鈥檚 ECMO program is seeing patients recover when their risk of dying far exceeds their chances of surviving.

鈥淲hen you鈥檙e able to act on that situation and turn around a patient鈥檚 outcome 鈥� to seeing the patient recover and walk out of the hospital, that鈥檚 the best part,鈥� Machuca said.

Receiving the ELSO Award reinforces the hospital as a center where commitment to patient care is exceptional, he added. This will allow the ECMO program to continue to grow.

鈥淚 think the field is evolving rapidly,鈥� Machuca said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very exciting.鈥�

For more information contact: Rossana Passaniti at passar@shands.ufl.edu or at 352-273-8569.