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Level 3: Advanced Case-Based ECLS/ECMO Course

Last updated : 19/03/2026 - 2770 views

JOINT EVENT ESICM & EuroELSO

Format: Onsite
Dates: 2026

The joint EuroELSO & ESICM Advanced Case Based ECLS/ECMO Course will reinforce at advanced level through case-based discussions and practical examples the key principles of ECMO such as VV-ECMO for adult respiratory failure, ECMO for refractory cardiac arrest (ECPR), ECMO for adult cardiac failure, weaning from VA-ECMO support, VA-ECMO versus other short-term circulatory support devices.

This event is part of a joint EuroELSO and ESICM learning programme to provide specialised training in extracorporeal techniques to healthcare professionals interested in the field. Certificates may be validated at EuroELSO on the path to the ELSO Adult ECMO Practitioner Certification (E-AEC).

As a participant – you still have access to the virtual classroom on the ESICM ACADEMY

Didactic learning objectives
Faculty

Directors:

Nicholas BARRETT MD, Consultant in critical care, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Daniel DE BACKER MD, PHD Head of Intensive Care and Emergency Departments, CHIREC Hospitals, Belgium, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Objectives
  • Understand ECMO-ventilator interactions in respiratory ECMO
  • Describe the process of weaning VV ECMO support
  • Explore strategies to unload the left ventricle in peripheral cardiac ECMO
  • Discuss the rationale of VA ECMO in cardiac failure
  • Describe the process of weaning VA ECMO support
Programme Content

Key principles of ECMO

  • ECMO for Adult Respiratory Failure – weaning from VV ECMO
  • Cardiogenic shock, indications for temporary circulatory support, and ECMO
  • ECMO for Adult Cardiac Failure – weaning from VA ECMO

How to enhance lung protection on VV-ECMO?

  • Principles of ultra-protective lung ventilation
  • Prone positioning on ECMO: why? when? and for whom? Theoretical and practical demonstration
  • Which tools could I use to set the ventilator on ECMO?

Preventing and treatment of pulmonary oedema on VA-ECMO

  • If refractory, what could be proposed?
  • Preventing and treatment of pulmonary oedema on VA-ECMO
Requirements to join the course

Participants should have at least a basic understanding of, and preferably clinical experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. They can either be

  • Intensivist (in training), Anesthesiologist (in training), Perfusionist (in training) or MD with at least 2 years of clinical experience in intensive care
    OR
  • Registered ICU Nurse with at least two years of experience treating critically-ill patients
Accreditation

An application will be made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation of each live event.

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