The Role of Hypothermia Coordinator: A Case of Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Treated with ECMO

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 352-355

  Darocha, Tomasz ^a,b   Kosinski, Sylweriusz ^c   Moskwa, Maciej ^d   Jarosz, Anna ^a   Sobczyk, Dorota ^a   Galazkowski, Robert ^b,e   Slowik, Marcin ^f   Drwila, Rafal ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Polish Medical Air Rescue   (Poland)

^c PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^d Beskidy Group   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f Dispatch Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; hypothermia; mountaineering; out of hospital cardiac arrest; rewarming

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA COORDINATOR; HYPOTHERMIC CARDIAC ARREST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWISS STAGING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; COMPLICATION; HYPOTHERMIA; POLAND; PROCEDURES; RESCUE WORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; POLAND; RESCUE WORK; REWARMING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952030557     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2015.0055     Document Type: Article

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