ECLS Position Statements
View position statements on important topics like the use of ECLS in treating patients with Ebola virus disease, or the intensivist’s role in the initiation and management of ECMO.
Joint Society of Critical Care Medicine-Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Task Force Position Paper on the Role of the Intensivist in the Initiation and Management of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
June 2020
Position Statement on the Use of Extracorporeal Life Support in Patients with Ebola Virus Disease from the Steering Committee, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
October 20, 2014
PCICS ELSO Statement
Joint Statement on Mechanical Circulatory Support in Children: A Consensus Review from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
Position Paper on Adult ECMO Centers
Position Paper for the Organization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Programs for Acute Respiratory Failure in Adult Patients. Published online, July 2014.