• Crit Care Resusc · Dec 2010

    Case Reports

    Emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for a foreign body obstructing the airway.

    • Timothy Holliday and Andrew Jackson.
    • St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW. timothy.holliday@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
    • Crit Care Resusc. 2010 Dec 1;12(4):273-5.

    AbstractWe report on the successful emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to provide oxygenation and ventilation to a patient with lifethreatening airway obstruction, and then facilitating the removal of a tracheal food bolus by rigid bronchoscopy.

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