**8. ECMO transports**

Critically ill patients requiring ECMO can be transported by ground, helicopter, and fixed wing aircraft. Considerations in choice of transport include distance, number of team members required, equipment, electrical and oxygen needs, and cost. Ideally, patients can be identified and transported prior to initiation of ECMO therapy, however there are models of care with good results in which the team goes to the patient and initiates ECMO, and then the patient is transported to the ECMO center.
