Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health will soon introduce a therapeutic hypothermia treatment protocol for cardiac arrest patients at four of its member hospitals in rural western North Carolina. The ...

MONTHS, COMES THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA. IF YOU WORK OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY NEAR WATER. METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY EXPLAINS THE SIGNS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT IN OUR WEATHER. EXTRA. WE’RE CONTINUING WITH ...

In a study appearing in the October 4 issue of JAMA, Paul S. Chan, M.D., of Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, and colleagues evaluated the association of hypothermia treatment ...

Factors associated with poor prognosis in moderate to severe hypothermia include prehospital cardiac arrest, low or absent blood pressure on presentation, elevated blood urea nitrogen levels, asphyxia ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Hypothermia can set in as quickly as 15 minutes with arctic air dropping temperatures below zero. Hypothermia is when the body’s temperature drops into a dangerous category ...

More than two dozen people were treated for exposure to frigid temperatures Sunday and Monday in Austin as a cold snap dominated the area. Medics from Austin-Travis County EMS treated a total of 27 ...

Freaking out – or at least concerned – about the major winter storm headed across much of the United States this weekend? We're right there with you. We're shivering even just typing this. Avoiding ...