News
New York Times- December 03, 2008
Starting on Jan. 1, New York City ambulances will take many cardiac arrest patients only to hospitals that use a delicate cooling therapy believed to reduce the chances of brain damage and increase the chances of survival, even if it means bypassing closer emergency rooms. Read more...
WNYC - December 04, 2008
City ambulances will be taking a new tack with patients struck by cardiac arrest. Starting next year, EMS paramedics will take many heart attack victims to certain hospitals where their bodies can be cooled down, even if those hospitals with specialized cooling equipment are farther away. Read more...
USA Today -July 11, 2006
"to treat cardiac arrest, doctors cool the body..."Delaying acceptance of a therapy that has little risk but potentially great benefit and really little cost is not patient-oriented," says Clifton Calloway of the Safar Center for resuscitation Research..."
Newsweek - July 23, 2007
A route to restoring life: by introducing hypothermia in a patient resuscitated after cardiac arrest, doctors are able to reduce cell death and increase the chance of a full recovery.
CBS Evening News - February 27, 2007
"Anytime you can take someone who comes into the hospital after having cardiac arrest, who may not ever wake up, and you can potentially change that to someone who can wake up and become back the person they were the day before, it’s an amazing thing." Says Dr. David Likosky, a neurologist.
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