The Dirty Secret of ECMO

The dirty secret is we can move that cannula around at this point, even after the wrong pump if we have to. And my brethren in the CTICU oftentimes if we'll place a IVC, Venus cannula, they will actually push that up into the SVC on their own. If there's a disaster, then you just blame it on bad luck in the patient. So I'm going to be much more conservative. That's what we teach in our course.