Help improve life-saving ECMO technology
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) saved Rhys' life. But it came with serious risks.
Rhys Hoole, The Prince Charles Hospital's 500th Heart Transplant recipient
survived thanks to ECMO technology
You can help researchers revolutionise this life-saving technology
Without life-saving technology like ECMO, many people like Rhys wouldn't be alive today.
People like you are vital to helping find the next big breakthrough. Please don't delay in sharing your kindness.
Donations over $2 are tax-deductible.
"Our son's body was shutting down. ECMO was his only option."
- Sharon, Rhys' mum.
Donate by 30 June to support the research that people like Rhys urgently need
Rhys was only 24 when he went into heart failure and depended on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) to survive.
This extraordinary technology keeps people like Rhys alive when their heart or lungs fail. But it carries serious risks – including major bleeds, blood clots and kidney failure. The longer a person needs ECMO, the greater their risk of life-threatening medical issues and lasting disability.
Researchers at The Prince Charles Hospital are determined to improve ECMO, but they need your urgent help.
Dr Jessica Benitez Mendieta and her research team believe they can make ECMO better by making it work more like a human heart. Dr Jessica’s research is so promising – but she needs $130,000 and your help to realise its potential.
Please help transform ECMO and outcomes for people like Rhys. Make a tax-deductible gift today.
Dr Jessica Benitez Mendieta and her research team believe they can make ECMO better by making it work more like a human heart. Dr Jessica’s research is so promising – but she needs $130,000 and your help to realise its potential.
Please help transform ECMO and outcomes for people like Rhys. Make a tax-deductible gift today.
Help more people like Rhys go home to their families
Without life-saving technology like ECMO, many people like Rhys wouldn't be alive today.
People like you are vital to helping find the next big breakthrough.
Please don't delay in sharing your kindness.
Please don't delay in sharing your kindness.
Rhys is back to enjoying spending time with his loved ones, thanks to breakthroughs in medical research.
