National guidelines recommend the use of therapeutic hypothermia to improve outcomes in patients who suffer a heart attack outside of a hospital. The results of a survey of all 73 acute care hospitals in New Jersey evaluating the adoption and implementation of this life-saving treatment from 2004-2011 is has now been published.

Source: Implementing a therapeutic hypothermia program for post-cardiac arrest in acute care hospitals


David Cottle

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