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INDUCED THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA IN RESUSCITATED CARDIAC ARREST PATIENTS
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Prehospital Emergency Care
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July 1, 2008
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APPROVED BY THE NAEMSP BOARD OF DIRECTORS
POSITION STATEMENT
The National Association of EMS Physicians believes that:
1. Induced hypothermia in the postresuscitative period has been shown to benefit select survivors of cardiac arrest. Whether the benefits of induced hypothermia extend to all cardiac arrest patients, and what the most effective means and best time of initiation of this modality are, remain unknown. A lack of evidence on induced hypothermia in the prehospital setting currently precludes recommending this treatment modality as standard of care for all emergency medical services (EMS) patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest.
2. At present, it is more important to focus ...