Rick Ross' Family Race To Miami Hospital In a Panic

RadioOnFire.com - Rick Ross is in a battle for his life, and his condition became so dicey Friday his family raced to the hospital in a sheer panic.


Check out this photo from TMZ ... they say one of Rick's baby mamas and several companions poured into the white Rolls-Royce and gunned it for the hospital near Miami. They were in such a mad rush to see Rick when they arrived they didn't even shut the car doors. 

TMZ broke the story ... Rick was hospitalized early Thursday morning after someone from his home called 911 to report a person in distress who was breathing heavily and unconscious.

We've since learned Ross was placed on ECMO, a machine which takes over heart and lung functions which also helps restore oxygen back into his blood.

More about the machine Ross is on
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is a technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life. The technology for ECMO is largely derived from cardiopulmonary bypass, which provides shorter-term support.

This intervention has mostly been used on children, but it is seeing more use in adults with cardiac and respiratory failure. ECMO works by removing blood from the person's body and artificially removing the carbon dioxide and oxygenating red blood cells. Generally, it is used either post-cardiopulmonary bypass or in late stage treatment of a person with profound heart and/or lung failure, although it is now seeing use as a treatment for cardiac arrest in certain centers, allowing for treatment of the underlying cause of arrest while circulation and oxygenation are supported.

TMZ is reporting that the situation is dire.