Authors

• Mihaela Ipša — University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
• Renata Čosić — University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
• Ivana Benković — University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
• Karolina Blažeković — University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

Keywords

therapeutic hypothermia, advanced life support, resuscitation syndrome

DOI

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Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is a method of treatment for patients who have survived cardiorespiratory arrest with postresuscitation syndrome. (1) With invasive and non-invasive methods, we lower and control central temperature in order to reduce destruction processes in central nervous system caused by hypoperfusion and consequently ischemia, due to circulatory shock. European Resuscitation Council has introduced the above mentioned method as integral part of advanced life support. Since 2013, University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice“, Department of Cardiology have routinely used TH as the method treatment for postresuscitation syndrome. We will present the nurses role through TH on a case of a 32 – year old female patient who has admitted in Department due to cardiorespiratory arrest with underlying malignant ventricular arrhythmia. After successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation and regaining hemodynamic stability, the patient is transported to cardiac care unit of our facility where TH was applied.

Literature

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