[The first experience of transporting a patient with severe respiratory failure in conditions of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation].

This publication is the first case report, in the Russian Federation aircraft evacuation of a patient with severe respiratory failure due to pneumonia of viral and bacterial etiology with the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The use of this method helped to stabilize the patient's condition and safely carry out transportation to a specialized medical institution for further treatment.