Portable cooling vests could save cardiac arrest victims from brain damage

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Lowering the body’s core temperature has been shown to decrease the likelihood of neurological damage in the event of oxygen deprivation. In a process known as “therapeutic hypothermia,” hospital medical staff will routinely administer chilled water blankets or insert cold drip catheters, in order to protect patients who have just experienced a cardiac arrest or stroke. What can be done, however, when someone has a heart attack far from a hospital? Well, in the near future, bystanders may be able to suit them up with a cooling vest – possibly saving them from permanent brain injury. .. Continue Reading Portable cooling vests could save cardiac arrest victims from brain damage

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Brain, Cardiac, Cooling, Emergency, Heart Failure, Hohenstein Institute, Neurological

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