Post Cardiac Arrest Induced Hypothermia Protocol

Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) shall be initiated on all adult cardiac arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) that fit the inclusion criteria, and does not have any of the following: eye opening to painful stimuli, pre-existing coma, traumatic arrest (either penetrating or blunt), body temperature less than 30˚C, or an apparent gravid uterus. ................
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