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Hello! I was following this thread and thought I might be able to help out. I've done research on both warm and cold IV fluids. I've talked to the R&D department at Baxter Healthcare (they make the majority of IV fluids in the US). To echo what the others have said, the temperature really...

At our helicopter service in Spartanburg, South Carolina, we were the first in North America and the second in the world to implement a non-trial/non-study protocol for hypothermia induction in post-ROSC patients in early 2005. Since that time, I have been fortunate to teach across the United...

Thanks for the replies! That is good to know that Cyprus Creek is now doing it! I assure you, you have joined a very limited group of EMS agencies in the United States! I work at a helicopter service in South Carolina that was actually the first service pre-hospital to implement the protocol...

Hello! Does anyone know of any EMS services in the United States that are doing pre-hospital hypothermia induction for post-cardiac arrest resuscitation? I am only familiar with three, Regional One Air Medical in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Seattle Fire Department/King County Medic One and...