Extra-corporeal life support (ECLS)
The extra corporeal life support (ECLS) service is based in Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Yorkhill Hospital is only one of 4 hospitals that provide this service for children across the UK. The other hospitals are in Leicester, Newcastle and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
This service provides temporary life support to children and neonates with cardiac or pulmonary failure and plays a key role in supporting the national cardiac surgery programme. It is a very specialised service; reflecting the small number who receive this treatment and the costs associated with this service.
Annual Report
The most recent annual report for the service is available below:
Extra-Corporeal Life Support Annual Report 2009/10 [9 pages, 110Kb]
Lead clinician:
Mr Carl Davis, Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Service contact address:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
Dalnair Street
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
National Services Division contacts:
To contact members of NSD staff, please visit our staff contacts page.
Mel Miller, Programme Manager
