Mechanical Circulatory Support

For now the MCS service is exclusively a second year elective and third year rotation. In the coming years this page will change often as MCS is a moving target as we become more involved with these patients pre and post-op. Come here for the basics. Check back often.

Login below with your AMC id and password to look up all the devices we use, how they are used, and how we take care of them. Transportation guidelines, anticoagulation, alarm guides, the VAD coordinator number and also outcomes data. This is a huge resource and use it often when on service to get acquainted. 

Work sheet for transplant presentation

Here is what you need to get started:

• 2016 ISHLT Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation

• 2013 MCS GUIDELINES

• BASIC VAD CONCEPTS POWERPOINT

• CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CONTINUOUS FLOW DEVICES

• PHYSIOLOGY OF CONTINUOUS FLOW DEVICES

• TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART REVIEW

• LVAD ECHO BASICS 

• RAMP STUDY UWMC PROTOCOL SLOPE CALCULATOR

• VAD AS BRIDGE TO DECISION

• VAD GI Bleed Treatment Algorithm

• Pre-VAD GI Screening Algorithm

corECMO

corECMO is an online learning resource for providers caring for adult patients on ECMO.  It contains core content episodes with images and text complimented by simulation cases to integrate these concepts.  This is a pilot version containing half of the planned final content.  Our hope is to gather feedback from you all at UW and use it to finish the complete version.  Please send all comments, edits, and suggestions to jenelle.badulak@gmail.com. corECMO is not intended for use by the general public so please help us protect this pilot project by not sharing this link or log-in information with others outside of UW.  

corECMO translates easily to your mobile device as well!  Just add www.corecmo.com to your home screen.

www.corecmo.com
username: corecmo
password: UWcorECMO2017