Keywords

cardiac arrest, hypothermia, induced hypothermia, therapeutic hypothermia

Authors

1. Koran, Zeb RN, APN, DNP, CEN, CCRN

Abstract

Studies have shown that therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves outcomes in patients who have experienced a cardiac arrest (Bernard et al., 2002; Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Study Group, 2002). This article discusses TH and the process used by one emergency department to develop and implement an evidence-based protocol on TH for the postresuscitation patient.