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My wife is an RN in the ICU, and she has had patients on an Arctic Sun. That also cools the body to prevent brain damage, but it only brings the temperature do
by juliangoldsmith 7y ago
My wife is an RN in the ICU, and she has had patients on an Arctic Sun. That also cools the body to prevent brain damage, but it only brings the temperature down by a few degrees (around 91.4 F, or 33 C).
Patients on an Arctic Sun usually don't survive, but that's generally due to the condition that put them there to begin with. (For instance, one patient had a blood sugar of 1600; a normal blood sugar is around 100.) She did have one patient who made it off the Arctic Sun with no deficit; without it, he may very well be brain-dead.
- felipelemos 7y ago"The Arctic Sun Temperature Management System is a non-invasive targeted temperature management system, a medical device used to modulate patient temperature with precision by circulating chilled water in pads directly adhered to the patient's skin. Using varying water temperatures and a sophisticated computer algorithm, a patient's body temperature can be controlled to the nearest 0.2 °C. It is produced by Medivance, Inc. of Louisville, Colorado." [1] For those who don't know what Arctic Sun is, like me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Sun_medical_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Sun_medical_device