RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nierengarten, Mary Beth
T1 Treatment following OHCA: How, When, and Where?
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 42
SP 33
OP 34
DO 10.1177/155989771442017
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/42/33.abstract
AB For people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), prehospital body cooling has been linked to improved survival rates. The benefits of therapeutic hypothermia after an OHCA were discussed by a panel of experts, including background information on the epidemiology and prognostic importance of pre-hospital factors on survival outcomes, whether all patients should be cooled after experiencing an OHCA, and issues involved in percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.