Therapeutic hypothermia

Synopsis: Awaking from suspended animation while on mission to a distant planet, a cadet reflects on the effects long-term therapeutic hypothermia had on his body. He is uneasy still uneasy with the whole concept, but glad he made the choice as he interacts with his colleagues who declined to go under. As he waits for the rest of his crewmembers to wake up, he wonders how things will be different when he return home to a planet he may no longer recognize. Space travel has always captivated the imagination of scientists, enthusiasts, and curious minds alike, but the process is much more complicated than it is made out to be. Science fiction often overlooks the various challenges that must be overcome before mankind is ready to send human being…

Timing and Outcome of Therapeutic Hypothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest A study published in 2009 aimed to evaluate the effects of the timing of therapeutic hypothermia treatments on the survival rates and subsequent neurological function at hospital discharge and also 6 and 12 months after the cardiac event. This study evaluated both the effects of the time which it took to reach the target temperature and the time during which the patient was induced into a mold hypothermic state.…

Therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest has shown improved neurological outcome rate in multiple trials. Current AHA guidelines report Class 1, Level B recommendation of therapeutic hypothermia for cardiac arrest with out-of-hospital shockable rhythm while it is a Class 2b, level B recommendation for in-hospital cardiac arrest with any rhythm or out of hospital arrest with a non- shockable rhythm. In North Shore Medical Center, therapeutic hypothermia is offered to all cardiac arrest patients…

The final article speaks about Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and their progression from treating only 25% of eligible patients to becoming a more advanced post-cardiac arrest center and treating 98-100% of all eligible patients (51). The providers at Beth Israel restructured their polices and guidelines after careful review; once an eligible patient has come into the emergency department post-cardiac arrest the E.D physician makes the decision to initiate hypothermia treatment, this…

The neuroprotective systems of medically induced hypothermia are presently broadly perceived and executed as a standard of care. When time is of extreme importance, medical attendants should have the capacity to settle on educated choices with a since of direness at during key moments to ensure a patient is effectively cooled and rewarmed without significant trauma. In the midst of the moderately occasional, yet developing information, it is trusted that utilizing a nursing checklist to…

Hypothermia is defined as abnormally low body temperature in a warm blooded creature (What is Hypothermia). Hypothermia is a medical condition that can both help and hurt people. Hypothermia has a medical value and can save lives while accidental hypothermia can have catastrophic consequences. Hypothermia may seem like a scary thing that can only hurt you, well, that is not true. Hypothermia can help the human body in multiple ways. In fact, some people would have drowned but they were saved…

prisoners of war (Berger). These men were then subjected to being submerged in a tank filled with iced water where the body would go into a state of hypothermia. After hypothermia was reached the doctors would then try different methods of rewarming the body to see which, if any, would work the best on their troops. Unfortunately, much of this data was destroyed before the Allied troops were able to take over and invade the German concentration camps. Some people believe that the medical and…

The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman is the story the brave men who risked their lives to rescue survivors from two sinking tankers. The story describes the struggles the rescue team endured during their missions. The authors went into great detail describing the procedures and methods to save the survivors. The way the authors described the dangerous voyage to reach the tankers, makes you feel like you were there. The rescue teams consisted of brave men, who risked their…

The article that I choose was called “Targeted Temperature Management at 33°C versus 36°C after Cardiac Arrest”. The objective of the article was to find at which temperature was it better to induce hypothermia on a patient who had gone into cardiac arrest in an out-of-hospital scenario to prevent neurological damage and the. The researchers hoped that if by inducing hypothermia early on after the cardiac arrest and loss of consciousness there would be little to no brain damage. The researchers…

Bordin (1970) defines a therapeutic working alliance in as a common factors triad concept. This triad includes a bond between the therapist and client, tasks, and goals that are mutually agreed upon between the therapist and client (Falkenstrom, Granstrom, &, Holmqvist, 2013),(Whinston,Rossier, & Baron, 2016)(Sackett & Lawson, 2014). The strength of the alliance has been linked in several studies to the outcome of therapy sessions. The strong the alliance or relationship between the therapist…