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Workshop on Basic ECMO

9th Floor Auditorium, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad

About Event

Event Date & Time

Event Date: Jan 18, 2026

Event Time: 8 am onwards

LECTURE SESSIONS

(Each lecture will be of 30 minutes duration, followed by a 10-minute interactive Q&A session)

Time Topic Speaker
09:00 am – 09:30 am History of ECMO Dr. Krishna Vuddanti
09:40 am – 10:10 am Understanding the ECMO Circuit Dr. Nitin P
10:20 am – 10:50 am Physiology and Gas Exchange on ECMO Dr. Karthik
11:00 am – 11:30 am Indications and Contraindications of VV and VA ECMO Dr. Raghupathi
11:40 am – 12:10 pm Monitoring and Troubleshooting on ECMO Dr. Praveen
12:20 pm – 12:50 pm Anticoagulation Management on ECMO Dr. Shilpa
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Lunch

WORKSTATIONS

(02:00 pm – 04:00 pm)

ECMO Circuit Familiarisation (30 minutes)
  • Identification of pump, oxygenator, cannula, and tubing
  • Understanding direction of blood flow
  • Hands-on practice with connecting and disconnecting dummy circuits

Faculties : Dr. Mounika Wilfred & Dr. Ramreddy

Priming and De-airing (30 minutes)
  • Wet-to-wet priming techniques
  • Identification of air bubbles
  • Safe and effective de-airing methods

Faculties : Dr. Sashikiran & Dr. Ramreddy

Basic Cannulation Simulation (30 minutes)
  • Femoral-Internal Jugular (IJ) VV ECMO cannulation model
  • Identification of anatomical landmarks on mannequins
  • Basics of guidewire handling

Faculties : Dr. Rakesh & Dr. Goutham

Basic Troubleshooting Scenarios (30 minutes)
  • Management of low-flow and high-pressure alarms
  • Identification and management of clots in the circuit
  • Approach to hypoxia during ECMO support

Faculties : Dr. Nishanth & Dr. Manikanta

RSVP:

Mr. Narendra Mora
900 000 6251

Mr. Srivas

Event Location

9th Floor, Auditorium , Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad

Registration Fee: 1500

PATRONS

Dr. Pavan Gorukanti, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care (ABIM)
Director - Yashoda Hospitals

PATRONS

Dr. Lingaiah

Director - Medical Services
Yashoda Hospitals

UNIT HEAD

Dr. Vijay Kumar


Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad

CLINICAL DIRECTOR

Dr. Venkat Raman Kola

Critical Care Medicine
Yashoda Hospitals, Hitec City

ORGANISING CHAIRPERSON

Dr. Madhusudhan R Jaju

HOD Critical Care Medicine
Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad

ORGANISING SECRETARY

Dr. Sricharan Goda

Consultant Dept. of Critical Care Medicine, ECMO, Heart & Lung Transplant Unit
Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad