Duffin SC, et al. An intensivist-led ECMO accreditation pathway and safety data over the first 4 years

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Cannulation competence is conferred by a training structure, not by a specialty label. A non-surgeon working inside an accreditation pathway achieves rates comparable with published surgical series.

None (descriptive)

DOI 10.1016/j.ccrj.2023.11.006

Formal accreditation pathway for intensivist cannulators

Single institution; mixed ECMO indications, not ECPR-specific; success and complication definitions are local; no control arm.

98.5% cannulation success; high-significance complications in 1.7%.

402 cannulations performed under a structured intensivist accreditation pathway