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Hypothermia Part 2: Prognostication and Protocols

Hypothermia Part 2: Prognostication and Protocols

by Mark McKinney, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma

Here we present part two on our series on hypothermia. For more on the assessment, resuscitation, and management of the hypothermic patient, see part one. Prognostication of cardiac arrest in hypothermia Indicators of cardiac arrest before cooling (Brown 2012) Major...
Hypothermia: Keeping your cool when it gets cold

Hypothermia: Keeping your cool when it gets cold

by Mark McKinney, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma

Hypothermia results in slightly over one hundred deaths per year in Canada; typically as a result of primary hypothermia, frostbite and other cold exposure injuries (Toronto Public Health, 2014). In the United States, this is estimated at 1500 deaths annually...
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