A critically ill COVID-19 patient just got a double lung transplant
It’s reportedly the first time a coronavirus patient has had this surgery in the United States

The young woman who received the double lung transplant hospital was so severely ill that she required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO. This life support machine bypasses the heart and lung to provide enough blood flow and oxygen to other organs. That care would have occurred in an ECMO room like the one shown here at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Northwestern Medicine