By Griselda Zetino | KTAR
When a ventilator wasn’t enough to help a coronavirus patient in the Valley struggling to breathe, doctors turned to a last resort treatment that saved his life.
Enes Dedic, 53, had been experiencing COVID-19 symptoms for several weeks after traveling overseas to visit family. He was first admitted to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center on March 15.
Two days later, his health deteriorated rapidly and he was transferred to HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center where he was put on a ventilator.
“This patient’s options were ECMO or death,” said Dr. Ace Ovil, a trauma surgery and critical care doctor for HonorHealth.
