Tour the Academy

  • ECMO 101 CASE SCENARIOS The heart and soul of the Academy, these real-life cases provide challenges in ECMO physiology, problem solving, circuit troubleshooting, anticoagulation management, and numerous other situations that commonly present in the care of ECMO patients.

  • ECMO DECISION MAKING Simulated Consults provide the opportunity to evaluate scenarios of real patients who presented for possible ECMO - To Support or Not Support? Perhaps most valuable to work through with your team.

  • ECMO ETHICAL DILEMMAS These real and hypothetical scenarios will stimulate productive discussion within your team, dealing with complex issues such as futility, resource allocation, patient and family rights, and withdrawal of care.

  • ECMO DEEP DIVES Opportunities for advanced learning through extensive and detailed explanations and discussions of complex issues such as anticoagulation, cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology, and device physics.

  • THE CAREER CENTER AT THE STUDENT UNION including posting of available positions by Academy Member Centers, and "job wanted" by individual team members.

  • THE RYAN LIBRARY Filled with references, literature links, charts, diagrams and illustrations, along with an ARCHIVE of material from blog discussions.

  • ADMINISTRATION HOUSE with Academy FACULTY profiles and disclosures, and the REGIATRAR'S office with PDF case checklists and instructions to claim CME.

  • AUSTIN AUDITORIUM Periodic Video presentations

  • VISITOR CENTER Connect with our industry partners to learn about available products, technology, and links to their representatives and websites. t

  • THE DEBATE CLUB AT THE STUDENT UNION Pro/Con debates on ECMO "Hot Topics" by experts in the field.

  • THE TUCKER INFIRMARY because like all of us, sometimes programs aren't functioning at their best. The Academy offers private consulting for centers with programmatic or outcomes issues, increased complications, special clinical challenges like anticoagulation and bleeding, or specific case review.