This book focuses on the technical, cognitive, and behavioral skills needed to implement an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) simulation program. It describes these programs on the individual, team, and hospital system level, and includes the history of ECMO simulation, its evolution to its current state, and future directions of technology and science related to ECMO simulation.

 Divided into six sections, chapters describe both the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of ECMO simulation, including a pictorial guide to setting up an ECMO simulation circuit and how to recreate ECMO emergencies. It is a pragmatic guide that emphasizes the necessary practical items and discussions necessary to plan, set-up, orchestrate, and debrief ECMO simulations for different types of learners in different 

Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: ECMO Simulation - A Theoretical and Practical Guide is part of the Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation Series, and this book is intended for educators, simulation technologists, and providers involved in ECMO programs who recognize the value of simulation to improve ECMO outcomes.

SECTION I: HISTORY OF ECMO & ECMO SIMULATION

1. ECMO from Conception to Execution
2. Simulating ECMO: Rationale and Genesis
SECTION II: EDUCATIONAL THEORY BEHIND ECMO SIMULATION
3.The Critical Role of Simulation in ECMO Education
4. A Conceptual Framework for Development of a Simulation-Enhanced ECMO Training Program: Use of a Zone-Based Framework
5. Brain-Based Learning
6. Designing an ECMO Simulation Curriculum
SECTION III: TECHNOLOGY FOR ECMO SIMULATION
7. Innovations and Options for ECMO Simulation
8. Physiologic Modeling
9. Immersive Technologies in ECMO Simulation
SECTION IV: OTHER TOPICS FOR ECMO SIMULATION
10. Interprofessional Education and ECMO Simulation
11. Optimizing ECMO Teams: What Every ECMO Educator Needs to Know about the Latest Advances in Team Science
SECTION V: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
12: Current Training Recommendations for ECMO Providers and Specialists
13:  The Role of Simulation in Starting a New ECMO Program
14. Using Simulation to Develop an ECMO Transport Program
15. Debriefing ECMO Simulations: Special Considerations
16. Controversies on Certification of ECMO Practititioners Using Simulation
17. Research in ECMO Simulation: A Review of the Literature
18. Faculty Development for ECMO Simulation
19. Quality Improvement
SECTION VI: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIFFERENT ECMO POPULATIONS
20. Neonatology
21. ECMO Simulation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents
22. ECMO Simulation in Patients with Cardiac Disease
23. Surgical Considerations
24. Nursing Aspects of ECPR and ECMO Training
25. ECMO Simulation in the Adult Population - Proning, Awakening Breathing Trials, and Mobilization
26. The Role of Simulation in Training of ECMO Specialists
SECTION VI: PRACTICAL GUIDE
27. A Practical and Pictorial Guide for Creating ECMO Simulation.