Flu machine could save lives
A PORTABLE version of a life-saving machine that has been used to treat seriously ill swine flu victims is being developed by Scottish scientists.
Bioengineers from Strathclyde University are working with doctors in Glasgow on a device that could be used to deliver extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment.
The team is now looking for funding to help take forward the work – which aims to come up with a new system that could be used to deliver ECMO in any intensive care unit.
ECMO involves circulating the patient's blood outside the body and adding oxygen to it.
It is thought this saves one extra life for every six patients, when compared with conventional treatment.
But there is only one centre in the UK where adults can benefit from ECMO. When there were no beds in the UK pregnant swine flu victim Sharon Pendleton had to travel to Sweden.
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