Cardiac Arrest Secondary to Accidental Hypothermia: Rewarming Strategies in the Field.
Air Medical Journal · 2019-10-30 · Other / unclear
Abstract
Hypothermic cardiac arrest is rare and poses a challenge to prehospital responders. Standard cardiac arrest protocols advise treating reversible causes of arrest; however, rewarming the cold casualty is not easily achieved in the field. This article aimed to review the literature on hypothermia in order to produce evidence-based recommendations on rewarming that could realistically be applied to hypothermic cardiac arrest patients.