UMC’s introduction of El Paso region’s first ECMO program provides lifeline close to home

UMC’s introduction of El Paso region’s first ECMO program provides lifeline close to home

It was early February when Nathaniel Williams was driving to work in New Mexico a few miles from El Paso. The 26-year-old Dallas native was hit head-on by a semi-truck, resulting in life-threatening injuries that required him to be airlifted to University Medical Center of El Paso, the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center. As he underwent multiple surgeries at UMC, Williams’ family hastily traveled from Dallas. It was during one of those surgerie…