Hypothermia: A Sign of Sepsis in Young Infants in the Emergency Department?
This retrospective analysis concludes that the prevalence of serious infection in hypothermic young infants in the ED is low. Serious infection is unlikely in infants with isolated hypothermia. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Attune ’s Oversubscribed Round Shows It Resonates with Investors
Attune Medical is really hitting it off with investors. The Chicago-based company, which was once known as Advanced Cooling Therapy, said it has raised about $15.5 million in an over-subscribed series C round. “This last close of the Series C really occurred because of oversubscription and investor interest in the market,” Keith Warner, Attune Medical’s CEO told MD+DI. The company has really been able to take advantage of that to raise more than it originally targeted.” The EnsoETM (formerly Esophageal Cooling Device or ECD) is designed to modulate and...
Source: MDDI - September 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Business Source Type: news

The Icy Truth: The World of Resuscitation is NOT Flat
For those looking for a better way to preserve the brain and vital organs in the future, an article released recently about work by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital may give us a peek at a future tool in our resuscitation toolbox. It’s a process that might prove valuable if used in conjunction with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), impedance threshold devices (ITDs) and head-up CPR to keep people in a suspended state of animation until their malady is found, corrected and allowed to begin healing. Massachusetts General is the original and largest teaching hospital at Harvard Medical School. Their wo...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - August 20, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P Tags: Exclusive Articles Cardiac & Resuscitation Source Type: news

Hypothermia as an outcome predictor tool in pediatric trauma: a propensity-matched analysis - McCarty TR, Abramo TJ, Maxson RT, Albert G, Rettiganti MR, Saylors ME, Orsborn JW, Hollingsworth AI.
This study sought... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Presenting characteristics associated with outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injury: a secondary analysis from a randomized, controlled trial of therapeutic hypothermia - Rosario BL, Horvat CM, Wisniewski SR, Bell MJ, Panigrahy A, Zuccoli G, Narayanan S, Balasubramani GK, Beers SR, Adelson PD.
OBJECTIVES: To identify injury patterns and characteristics associated with severe traumatic brain injury course and outcome, within a well-characterized cohort, which may help guide new research and treatment initiatives. DESIGN: A secondary analy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Bundles of Care as a Formula for Resuscitation Success
This article focuses on the critical role of first responders and advanced cardiac life support personnel in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. It will illustrate how the Take Heart America bundle of care approach has helped to transform the landscape of care for sudden cardiac arrest across the country. Ten years after Ben was successfully resuscitated, the bundle of care has continued to develop. Its implementation contributes to the fact that Minnesota has the best resuscitation outcomes of any state in the nation. A Moving Target For decades, we’ve essentially prescribed to a moving target of guideline...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: J. Harold Logan, BS, EMT-P – I/C Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Source Type: news

Finding work a struggle in the heat? Scientists discover why
Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School say heatwaves can affect people's ability to think similarly to the freezing temperatures which cause hypothermia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NIH researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold
Findings may help expand window for storing organs before transplantation, therapeutic hypothermia. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 3, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news

4 Climbers Die in Swiss Alps After Unexpected Storm
GENEVA (AP) — An unexpected snowstorm coupled with high winds killed four climbers in the Swiss Alps and left five others in critical condition early Monday after they became trapped overnight and couldn't reach shelter, officials said. A total of 14 hikers from France, Germany and Italy were left stranded in the Pigne d'Arolla region, police in southwestern Valais canton said. Authorities deployed seven helicopters as part of rescue efforts. The climbers were caught off-guard by high winds, snow and bitter cold, and were forced to spend the night outdoors, Valais police spokesman Markus Rieder said. Several of those res...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - April 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Tags: News Operations Source Type: news

4 Climbers Die in Swiss Alps After Unexpected Storm
GENEVA (AP) — An unexpected snowstorm coupled with high winds killed four climbers in the Swiss Alps and left five others in critical condition early Monday after they became trapped overnight and couldn't reach shelter, officials said. A total of 14 hikers from France, Germany and Italy were left stranded in the Pigne d'Arolla region, police in southwestern Valais canton said. Authorities deployed seven helicopters as part of rescue efforts. The climbers were caught off-guard by high winds, snow and bitter cold, and were forced to spend the night outdoors, Valais police spokesman Markus Rieder said. Several of those res...
Source: JEMS Operations - April 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Tags: News Operations Source Type: news

4 Climbers Die in Swiss Alps After Unexpected Storm
GENEVA (AP) — An unexpected snowstorm coupled with high winds killed four climbers in the Swiss Alps and left five others in critical condition early Monday after they became trapped overnight and couldn't reach shelter, officials said. A total of 14 hikers from France, Germany and Italy were left stranded in the Pigne d'Arolla region, police in southwestern Valais canton said. Authorities deployed seven helicopters as part of rescue efforts. The climbers were caught off-guard by high winds, snow and bitter cold, and were forced to spend the night outdoors, Valais police spokesman Markus Rieder said. Several of those res...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - April 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Tags: News Operations Source Type: news

4 Climbers Die in Swiss Alps After Unexpected Storm
GENEVA (AP) — An unexpected snowstorm coupled with high winds killed four climbers in the Swiss Alps and left five others in critical condition early Monday after they became trapped overnight and couldn't reach shelter, officials said. A total of 14 hikers from France, Germany and Italy were left stranded in the Pigne d'Arolla region, police in southwestern Valais canton said. Authorities deployed seven helicopters as part of rescue efforts. The climbers were caught off-guard by high winds, snow and bitter cold, and were forced to spend the night outdoors, Valais police spokesman Markus Rieder said. Several of those res...
Source: JEMS Operations - April 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Tags: News Operations Source Type: news

Special traumatized populations : burns and hypothermia - Mehrotra S, Misir A.
It is important for physicians treating children to be aware of unique presentation that require expertise and knowledge. Two areas of importance when caring for traumatized children are Thermal Burn Injuries, and Hypothermia. Burns commonly result in morb... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Author's Reply: Progesterone with or without hypothermia in patients with acute severe traumatic brain injury - Sinha S.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: TBI Source Type: news