Implementing a therapeutic hypothermia program for post-cardiac arrest in acute care hospitals
Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 10:01
in Health & Medicine
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.