This extracorporeal circulation is not an artificial membrane lung, which is called ECMO and is much more complex to establish.
Only when the heartbeat and breathing have both ceased, will it be considered for use.
What Zhou Can is currently establishing for the patient is a type of life support that can maintain the blood supply to the body's tissues and organs during open-heart surgery.
Its principle is to use a series of special devices to remove venous blood from the body, manually exchange gases, regulate temperature, and filter, then return it to the arterial system inside the body.
This extracorporeal circulation machine is mainly used when the heartbeat is suspended during surgery, or when both heartbeat and breathing need to be stopped.
It was also because Director Xue was overly concerned with the surgery costs for the patients; otherwise, this extracorporeal circulation system should have been established from the beginning to ensure the patient's life safety.
