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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
Hypothermic Cardiac ... ) Start ACLS + Rewarming ... with invasive rewarming ... @SarahFoohey #Hypothermic ... resuscitation #rewarming
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Rewarming Methods ... in Hypothermia ... • Passive rewarming ... more than mild hypothermia ... #Methods #Hypothermia
Therapeutic Hypothermia - Rewarming Checklist

Paralysis and sedation should be maintained until core temperature is 35 C
Therapeutic Hypothermia ... - Rewarming Checklist ... for feeding #Rewarming ... #Therapeutic #Hypothermia
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management

By Dr. Sarah Foohey @SarahFoohey

#Hypothermic #Cardiac #Arrest #Management #Hypothermia
Hypothermic Cardiac ... SarahFoohey #Hypothermic ... Arrest #Management #Hypothermia
Osborn (J Wave)

Etiology 
• Hypothermia (below 320C / SOOF) 
• Normal variant 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Neurological
Etiology • Hypothermia ... with degree of hypothermia ... resolves with warming ... Cardiology #EKG #ECG #Hypothermia
Hypothermia in Sepsis - Pathophysiology
 • 20% of septic pts → HYPOTHERMIA
 • Increased mortality 62%
Hypothermia in Sepsis ... of septic pts → HYPOTHERMIA ... vs 26% without hypothermia ... Risk factors for hypothermia ... response ↑IL-10 #Hypothermia
Osborn wave (J wave) in Hypothermia - Positive deflection at the J point

Height of the J
wave (J wave) in Hypothermia ... the degree of hypothermia ... Osborn #JWave #Hypothermia
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Peri-operative Hyperthermia ... fever CAUSES OF HYPERTHERMIA ... temperature, external warming ... • Malignant hyperthermia ... Perioperative #Hyperthermia
EKG Changes in Hypothermia #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Hypothermia #Osborne #JWaves #ECGEducator
EKG Changes in Hypothermia ... MedStudent #EKG #Hypothermia
High Quality Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) Post Cardiac Arrest
 - timing
 - target temperature
 - temperature
duration of cooling/rewarming