Lessons in Transport - To Cool or Not to Cool?
/To COOL or NOT To COOL that is the question...
(Read each of the following scenarios & honestly ask yourself if this is a patient suitable for therapeutic hypothermia)
Scenario 1: 67 yo male scene STEMI, witnessed Vfib arrest with ROSC, GCS 3T, stable vitals
Scenario 2: 24 yo female MVC, ejected, hypotensive for EMS, 10 minute cardiac arrest with ROSC, GCS 3T
Scenario 3: 2 yo female cardiac arrest suspected choking, ROSC after removing food from her airway. GCS 4T (1T2)
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