Kevin Everett When Cold Is Hot Stuff

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A great day for modern critical care as the young man who was injured Sunday was placed in a hypothermia (low body temperature) protocol we have been using in Sudden Death or Cardiac Arrest patients where the focus is to minimize the neurologic injury by slowing down metabolism and activity in nervous or brain tissue by lowering the body temperature to 32C following injury both from lowered blood flow and trauma.

This ice box maneuver slows the actual injury that occurrs from swelling crushing neurons, which that takes place immediately post injury and for the next 24-48 hours after a trauma or as we use it a heart stopping arrest or V-Fib arrest.

By immeidately lowering Mr Everetts body temperature after the impact on the field the neuroligic injury was minimized if not arrested.

This is a great day in modern medicine and may have far reaching ramifications in many other "near death" diseases.

If you remember the Andrew Lakeman case we had hoped this was possible for him but his cord was severed, Everett had trauma and a blood collection (hematoma) on his cord which was surgically removed.

This kid will probably walk to his rehab....what an incredible thing!!!