title: On high alert.
abstract: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used to treat patients with severe respiratory failure, including some who have swine flu. A specialist unit is ready for a second wave of the pandemic.
authors: Alison
authors: A
authors: Whyte
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010107:Oxygenators, Membrane / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology