Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

PROVIDING GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT THROUGH INNOVATION, ADVOCACY, AND ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. ORGANIZATION'S VISION: ELSO WILL BE THE PREMIER ORGANIZATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

MEMBERSHIP REGISTRY: ELSO HAS MEMBERS GLOBALLY. IN 2023, OVER 700 MEMBER CENTERS PAID THEIR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CENTERS TO HAVE A SIGNED DATA USE AGREEMENT ON FILE. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A SIGNED DUA, THEY THEN NEED TO PASS A DATA ENTRY EXAM TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE DATA TO THE ELSO REGISTRY. OVER 500 CENTERS WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR DATA. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON HAVING ALL MEMBER CENTERS BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR DATA TO THE REGISTRY. THIS TAKES MORE RESOURCES FOR CENTERS TO DO THIS, AND IN SOME RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED AREAS THIS IS CHALLENGING. INCREASINGLY, NEW PUBLICATIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL USING THE ELSO REGISTRY AS THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

ELSO PUBLISHED A NEW GUIDELINE ON NEUROMONITORING IN NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS SUPPORTED BY EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION. THE ELSO REGISTRY EXCEEDED 200,000 PATIENT RUNS AND DOCUMENTED OVER 100,000 LIVES SAVED THROUGH ECLS.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING: ELSO INCREASED OUR OFFERINGS OF IN-PERSON TRAINING FOR SIMULATION AND CANNULATION COURSES IN 2024, NOTING HIGH DEMAND FOR BOTH IN 2023. IN-PERSON COURSES BEGAN IN JANUARY AT THE SOCIETY FOR CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (SCCM) CONFERENCE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WHERE 60+ LEARNERS WERE TRAINED IN ECLS SIMULATION, WHICH ALSO QUALIFIES AS A STEP 2 CRITERIA FOR THE ADULT CERTIFICATION EXAM (E-AEC). SIMULATION AND CANNULATION COURSES WERE HELD IN APRIL, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, AND NOVEMBER. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT A NEO/PEDS SIMULATION COURSE WAS HELD, WHICH WE EXPECT TO GROW NEXT YEAR WITH THE RELEASE OF THE REST OF THE NEO/PEDS COURSES. THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT ELSO HELD ADULT SIMULATION COURSES IN CONCERT WITH OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. DEMAND IS GROWING FOR ELSO. FOUNDATIONS - A VIRTUAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADULT PRACTITIONERS. DEMAND IS ALSO GROWING FOR THE CERTIFICATION EXAM: E-AEC, ALSO A VIRTUAL COURSE.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON WAS THE LOCATION OF THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE, WHICH SET A NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR ELSO AT 1,509 IN PERSON ATTENDEES. SPONSORSHIP FROM INDUSTRY WAS ALSO AT A RECORD HIGH. WE HAD THE MOST SPEAKERS WE HAVE EVER INVITED, WHICH CONTINUES TO FOSTER THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP, ALONG WITH MORE DIVERSITY. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR ELSO INVITED ISHLT TO JOINTLY DEVELOP WHAT BECAME TWO BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON TRANSPLANT-RELATED CONTENT. THE TEAMS DID A WONDERFUL JOB PLANNING THIS TOGETHER AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. THE CONFERENCE FEATURED A MOUNTAIN HIKER RESCUE AND HIS CHAIN OF SURVIVAL TEAM AS OUR OPENING SESSION - A TEAM BASED IN SEATTLE, WHICH INCLUDED THE US NAVY. IT'S A REMARKABLE STORY THAT TIED IN MUCH WORK IN OUR FIELD FOR ECPR AND OTHER OUT OF HOSPITAL SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES.