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Targeted temperature management (TTM), previously known as therapeutic hypothermia or protective hypothermia, is an active treatment that tries to achieve and maintain a specific body temperature in a person for a specific duration of time in an effort to improve health outcomes during recovery after a period of stopped blood flow to the brain. [1]
Hypothermia is one of the main concerns for anyone who spends extended time outside in the cold. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the condition occurs when the body reaches ...
Aggressiveness of treatment is matched to the degree of hypothermia. [2] Treatment ranges from noninvasive, passive external warming to active external rewarming, to active core rewarming. [16] In severe cases resuscitation begins with simultaneous removal from the cold environment and management of the airway, breathing, and circulation.
Hypothermia should be treated first, if present, by bringing core body temperature above 35 degrees Celsius. [6] [10] Raynaud's phenomenon: An abnormal spasming of blood vessels often in the tips of fingers and toes - usually in response to strong emotions or cold exposure. [8] The digits will turn a white or blue color. [8]
Most people are surprised to learn that hypothermia deaths can occur with temperatures between 30 and 50 degrees, the weather service said. If you or your clothes are wet, then hypothermia becomes ...
Even on an 84 degree summer day, you can still get hypothermia on New England's beaches. The Atlantic Ocean is just that cold. Heather Cassani is warning about the dangers of hypothermia after her ...
Because of the Arctic Sun's noninvasive nature, treatment can be delivered without the host of adverse events associated with invasive procedures such as cooling catheters. [6] The Arctic Sun has adhesive gel pads which stick to a patient's body, and cover only a portion of a patient's body to leave most of the body free for augmenting medical ...
Jarskog said he has spent 30 years treating patients with anti-psychotics and encountered “maybe” one episode of hypothermia. Even a single case of hypothermia in a patient at the hospital ...