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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management

By Dr. Sarah Foohey @SarahFoohey

#Hypothermic #Cardiac #Arrest #Management #Hypothermia
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest ... Hypothermic #Cardiac #Arrest ... #Management #Hypothermia
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
causes of Cardiac Arrest ... /Hyperkalemia, Hypothermia ... differential #diagnosis #arrest
Underlying causes of PEA arrest: H’s and T’s 

Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ion (acidosis), Hypo/Hyper-kalemia, Hypothermia
Toxins, Tamponade,
causes of PEA arrest ... Hyper-kalemia, Hypothermia ... massive PE) #PEA #arrest
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
Causes of Cardiac Arrest ... / Hypokalemia, Hypothermia ... Mnemonic #Cardiac #Arrest
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia ... more than mild hypothermia ... Consider in cardiac arrest ... method for cardiac arrest ... Rewarming #Methods #Hypothermia
Cardiac Arrest - H's and T's

HYPOVOLEMIA 
HYPOXEMIA 
HYPERKALEMIA 
HYPOKALEMIA 
H+ EXCESS
HYPOTHERMIA 

TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX 
TAMPONADE - CARDIAC
Cardiac Arrest - ... HYPOKALEMIA H+ EXCESS HYPOTHERMIA
Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - TTM2 Visual Abstract 

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2100591

Conclusion: In patients with coma
Hypothermia versus ... Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest ... , targeted hypothermia ... #Hypothermia #Normothermia ... #OHCA #Arrest #
The HYPERION Trial - Targeted Temperature Management for Cardiac Arrest with Nonshockable Rhythm - Visual Abstract

NEJM
Management for Cardiac Arrest ... resuscitated from cardiac arrest ... moderate therapeutic hypothermia ... HYPERION #Trial #Hypothermia
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest ... Hypothermic #Cardiac #Arrest ... #Management #hypothermia
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
following Cardiac Arrest ... Outcome from cardiac arrest ... Prepare the cardiac arrest ... • Avoid hyperthermia ... Neuroprotection #Cardiac #Arrest