Patient was on ct scan table on vv emco on bioconsole 560 with pump motor head.Just before starting scan, it was noticed that the pump head malfunctioned making an atypical noise and pump flows cut out.Pump rpms were then turned down to 0 and the cone was removed from the pump motor and cone was re-seated which failed to resolve the problem.After all troubleshooting methods were exhausted, hand cranking was then initiated.Patient saturation remained normal throughout the entire event.Back up perfusion team was paged and new pump motor was plugged into existing bioconsole 560 and ecmo was resumed without issue.With the exception of the pump motor, all components of the bioconsole and disposable ecmo circuit remained viable.No further intervention was indicated and patient remains stable in icu.
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