Therapeutic hypothermia Archives

Therapeutic hypothermia

Keeping cardiac arrest patients alive with therapeutic hypothermia

July 11, 2007

Create a protocol for this lifesaving intervention at your facility.

Study: Cooling temperature for therapeutic hypothermia

November 11, 2013

In unconscious patients who survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, cooling to 33 degrees C was no more beneficial than 36 degrees C, according to a study in The…

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest

July 11, 2011

Until recently, the outlook for patients who remained comatose after cardiac arrest was dire. But therapeutic hypothermia is turning the tide. Learn the facts about this life-saving approach.