Case Report
A 22-year-old male presented to our emergency department following a
motor vehicle accident. He was taken to the operating room (OR) for
emergent surgery. Due to his condition, he was admitted to the ICU.
There, he was difficult to ventilate and ultimately placed onto
venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). While on
ECMO, blood cultures were obtained which were subsequently positive.