support organization type non profit organization industry health care founded 1989 headquarters ann arbor mi united states website http www.elso.org the extracorporeal life support organization elso is a non profit organization established in 1989 supporting health care professionals and scientists who are involved in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ecmo . 1 elso maintains a registry of both facilities and specialists trained to provide ecmo services . elso also maintains registry information that is used to support clinical research support regulatory agencies and support individual elso centers . elso provides educational programs for active centers as well as for facilities who may be involved in the transfer of patients to higher levels of care . 2 contents 1 elso chapters 2 recommended ecmo specialists 3 guidelines for care 4 position statements 5 references elso chapters edit in addition to the north american based elso organization chapters have been developed to represent the regional needs of elso in the rest of the world . current chapters 3 include euro elso founded in 2011 to serve the european region . dr. roberto lorusso is the current chairman . asia pacific elso founded in 2012 to serve the asian and pan pacific region . dr. graeme maclaren is the current chairman . latin american elso founded in 2012 to serve the central and south american region . dr. luis caneo is the current chairman . south and west asia elso 4 founded in 2013 to serve the southern and western asian region . dr. suneel pooboni is the current chairman . recommended ecmo specialists edit respiratory therapist holding a certificate as a registered respiratory therapist registered nurse with at least one year of intensive care unit experience . clinical perfusionist graduating from a school of perfusion . guidelines for care edit elso promulgates guidelines 5 for the care of patients on ecmo . they include overall guidelines about setting up a program proper equipment and patient care for certain medical conditions . additional education on ecmo topics is provided through elso published textbooks and training manuals for ecmo specialists . 6 elso recognizes centers with exceptional programs systems processes and outcomes with the award for excellence in life support . 7 position statements edit elso provides position statements on organization of ecmo programs for acute respiratory failure in adult patients 8 joint statement on mechanical circulatory support in children a consensus review from the pediatric cardiac intensive care society and elso 9 use of ecmo in ebola virus disease 10 references edit cooper ds jacobs jp moore l stock a gaynor jw chancy t et al. 2007 . cardiac extracorporeal life support state of the art in 2007 . . cardiol young . 17 suppl 2 104 15 . doi 10.1017 s1047951107001217 . pmid 18039404 . kim k mazor rl rycus pt brogan tv 2011 . use of venovenous extracorporeal life support in pediatric patients for cardiac indications a review of the extracorporeal life support organization registry . . pediatr crit care med . 13 3 285 9 . doi 10.1097 pcc .0 b013e31822f1586 . pmid 21926665 . extracorporeal life support organization ecmo and ecls members chapters . www.elso.org . retrieved 2015 09 17 . south and west asia chapter elso ecmo society of india . www.swac elso.com . retrieved 2015 09 17 . extracorporeal life support organization ecmo and ecls resources guidelines . www.elso.org . retrieved 2015 09 17 . extracorporeal life support organization ecmo and ecls publications . www.elso.org . retrieved 2015 09 17 . extracorporeal life support organization ecmo and ecls excellence vision . www.elso.org . retrieved 2015 09 17 . combes alain ; brodie daniel ; bartlett robert ; brochard laurent ; brower roy ; conrad steve ; de backer daniel ; fan eddy ; ferguson niall 2014 07 25 . position paper for the organization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation programs for acute respiratory failure in adult patients . american journal of respiratory and critical care medicine . 190 5 488 496 . doi 10.1164 rccm .201404 0630cp . issn 1073 449x . maclaren graeme ; dodge khatami ali ; dalton heidi j. 2013 01 01 . joint statement on mechanical circulatory support in children . pediatric critical care medicine . 14 . doi 10.1097 pcc .0 b013e318292dc09 . extracorporeal life support organization ecmo and ecls ebola statement . www.elso.org . retrieved 2015 09 17 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title extracorporeal life support organization & oldid 722248389 categories pulmonology and respiratory therapy organizationscompanies based in ann arbor michigannon profit organizations based in michiganmedical associations based in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 may 2016 at 21 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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