We recently started doing this in a suburb of Pittsburgh. We have a hypothermia protocol that states the post arrest we are to rapidly infuse 2 liters of cooled saline (4 degrees celcius) if
1. ROSC for 5 minutes as result of CPR or defibrillation/ACLS measures
2. systolic pressure of at...
I agree with the assessments of a possible nerve impingment or possible TIA. The other thing you have to consider is a tumor of either the spinal cord or the brain. In any case, since the CT was reported as "normal" I think that the nice step is most definately a MRI with contrast ALONG with a...