Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

ECMO's Global Community Since 1989

World's Largest ECMO Patient Registry and Community of ECMO Centers

ELSO is an international nonprofit consortium of health care institutions, researchers, and industry partners. We provide support to those delivering extracorporeal life support through continuing education, guidelines, original research, publications, and a comprehensive registry of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patient data.

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Annual Report

Explore our Annual Report for the highlights from this past year. The report is informative for our community, stakeholders, and investors in the ECLS field.
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Announcements

ELSO 36th Annual Conference

Please join us in Washington DC for the 36th Annual ELSO Conference September 27th - 30th, 2025
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ELSO Foundations: Neo/Peds Now Available!

The ELSO Foundations Neonatal and Pediatric ECMO Training Course offers an in-depth, self-paced learning experience with 66 detailed modules covering over 140 essential learning objectives. This course meets Step 1 (Didactic Training) criteria for the future E-NPEC certification

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ELSO Live Registry Dashboard
250,749	5,935	4,246
Total Submitted Cases	Total Cases YTD	Total Submitted Cases YTD
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ELSO at a Glance

What Is Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)?

Learn all about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which is a common treatment in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), COVID-19, and other critical care situations. Although ECMO may not cure the patient, it gives him or her a chance to heal by giving their heart and lungs time to rest.

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ELSO Guidelines

As a member, you can contribute to and use registry data, benchmark patient outcomes, request data for research, and gain education and training. We offer three membership levels: center, corporate and individual. Learn more about the benefits and apply online

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ELSO Registry

We maintain a registry of active ELSO centers that use ECMO. Registry data is used to support clinical research, regulatory agencies and individual ELSO centers who need to make decisions on patient care and treatment protocols

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ELSO Award of Excellence

Our Award for Excellence in Life Support recognizes extracorporeal life support (ECLS) centers that demonstrate exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes, quality measures, staff training, continuing education, patient satisfaction and ongoing care.

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Education

ELSO provides continuing education for active centers as well as for the broader medical and lay communities. Whether you want meetings, courses, workshops, online classes, hands-on simulation training or annual conferences, our educational opportunities help you stay up to date.

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ELSO Publications

We’ve poured our original research into the comprehensive guides “Extracorporeal Life Support: The ELSO Red Book” and “ECMO Specialist Training Manual,” available in English or Spanish.

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ELSO Meetings

Join the discussion and foster communication and collaboration among professionals who apply
advanced technologies in treating refractory organ failure.

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7th Annual APELSO Conference

07/10/2025 - 07/12/2025
Location: Bejing, China

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36th Annual ELSO Conference

09/27/2025 - 09/30/2025
Location: Washington DC
ELSOConference@elso.org

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VII Congreso ELSOLATAM 2026

11/04/2026 - 11/06/2026
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
jorge67ramirez@gmail.com

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ELSO Courses/Workshops

ELSO provides continuing education for active centers as well as for the broader medical and lay communities.
Whether you want meetings, courses, workshops, online classes, hands-on simulation training or annual conferences,
our educational opportunities help you stay up to date.

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