Tag: "hypothermia"
Can Cooling The Body Help Cardiac Arrest Patients Recover?
Ice may be good in treating sprained ankles, but could it help treat cardiac arrest? A story by Cindy Billhartz in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch examines the treatment of cardiac arrest patients by cooling them in a process called therapeutic hypothermia. Now, therapeutic hypothermia can be performed using various methods, including cooling blankets and ice packs. However, [...]
31 Days of Healing – Tip #13
Hats On (and toes unfroze) When the weather drops like it has over this weekend, and then you throw in a few snowflakes, it can cause a meltdown for some (not literally, but wouldn’t that be nice?). Slick roads make it difficult to get to work & get the kids to school on time, and [...]
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