Targeted Temperature Management

Patient body temperature is a measured and controlled vital sign. Clinicians have been treating patient temperature for centuries as it is widely recognized that temperature contributes to the maintenance of normal physiology and affects the processes that lead to recovery after an illness.

In recent years, intentional manipulation of body temperature has emerged as a treatment option for a variety of critically ill patients.

The Arctic Sun is the temperature management system of choice used by hospitals worldwide where a physician’s order to manage patient temperature to a prescribed target can be safely executed with speed and precision.