Improve awareness & help member countries establish ECMO program

• More centres to join
• Better co-operation and work like a family
• Better educational facilities and preceptorship opportunities
• Qualifications and legislation
• Research focused
• Innovations
• Bringing closure to the needy
• Publication of Redbook locally (in English)
• Resources: Availability of cannulae, links to suppliers without prejudice
• Infection control

• Improve cognizance of ECMO in South Asian, West Asian & African countries
• Make a common platform for those who are doing ECMO or planning to start the program.
• To help recruit centres to become members of ELSO
• Explore ways to reduce the cost of disposables of ECMO, especially by means of innovations and cost effective management in resource limited circumstances.
• To Promote the use of ELSO Registry. Registry data is to be used to support clinical research, support regulatory agencies, and support individual ELSO centers.

• Genesis of SWAAC ELSO
  • Assessing need for ECMO within the region
  • Population statistics
  • Unity in diversity
• Constituition & Committee
• SWAAC ELSO centres
• ECMO Services in the region
• SWAACELSO Statistics
• Centre Awards
• Fellowship Award
• Future

• Support in conducting dedicated ECMO training courses where appropriate
• Providing information and communication regarding techniques used for organ support to active ELSO centers, the medical community, professional societies, industry, regulatory and granting agencies, third-party payers and the lay community.
• Help and collaborate in organizing an annual conference focused on novel techniques used for organ system support in selected country as per the decision of steering committee.