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Some paramedics use cold saline infusions to initiate cooling therapy. Important not to over-cool. #mnth009:52 AM Dec 4thfrom Tweetie
New term- CPCR: cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation. Brain outcome as important as heart. #mnth099:30 AM Dec 4thfrom Tweetie
Improved outcomes ihelped to win support for using Arctic Sun in cath lab. Possible to use it without reducing door to balloon time. #mnth099:09 AM Dec 4thfrom Tweetie
Miracle on Ice continues. Case studies. 80 yo from Buffalo Hospital to Abbott Nothwestern. Age not barrier to hypothermia therapy.#mnth098:04 AM Dec 4thfrom Tweetie
Lunch. This PM, ICU care of Arctic Sun patients. Dr Wm Parham of Allina, Dr David Seder of Tufts & RN from Lehigh Valley will speak.#mnth0910:00 AM Dec 3rdfrom Tweetie
Mayo and North Memorial helicopter crews talking about monitoring pts internal temps on way to ER. #mnth099:42 AM Dec 3rdfrom Tweetie
People can be over-cooled. Now they're talking about best CPR practice. Lucas device demonstrated.#mnth099:32 AM Dec 3rdfrom Tweetie
Kern describes these patients as "dead dead" who walk out of the hospital as normal. #mnth098:07 AM Dec 3rdfrom Tweetie
Cooling in first hour is more important than opening the artery for MI survival. Arctic Sun allows cooling during cath procedures. #mnth098:05 AM Dec 3rdfrom Tweetie
Karl Kern of Arizona Heart Institute says regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is 8-40%.#mnth097:57 AM Dec 3rdfrom Tweetie