Meeting Time 

Wednesday 4:35pm

Project Description 

The goal of our team is to successfully allocate ECMO machines to patients throughout Arizona. Considering that these patients come from different walks of life, we consider several points in allocating a limited medical resource. These points include proximity to hospitals, criticality of condition(s), age, transportation availability, urgency status, availability of ECMO machines, and more. Thus, our project’s overarching goal is to streamline the allocation of ECMO machines in Arizona while considering these critical factors. We aim to lessen the gap in accessing these ECMO devices in a timely and equitable manner, noting that there are only 27 currently registered machines statewide.