- Odish, Mazen;
- Yi, Cassia;
- Tainter, Christopher;
- Najmaii, Samira;
- Ovando, Julio;
- Chechel, Laura;
- Lipinski, Jerry;
- Ignatyev, Alex;
- Pile, Alexander;
- Yeong Jang, Yun;
- Lin, Tuo;
- Tu, Xin M;
- Madani, Michael;
- Patel, Mitul;
- Meier, Angela;
- Pollema, Travis;
- Owens, Robert L
Due to a shortage of perfusionists and increasing utilization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United States, many programs are training nurses as bedside extracorporeal membrane oxygenation specialists (i.e., nurse-run extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). Our objective was to evaluate if a nurse-run extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program has noninferior survival to discharge and complication rates compared with a perfusionist-run extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program. Additionally, to sought to describe increases in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation capacity and the potential for cost savings by implementing a nurse-run extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program.