Cardiac arrest for a hypothermic patient

[Summit]

serious question: so if you find a frozen person down, do you do CPR on them while they go to the hospital? or just let the ER know you are bringing in a frozen body with L&S and let them know they are going to be dethawed when they get there? Are there any interventions that you could or should do that would be a positive benefit to the patient?

Literally frozen torso? No. You don't work that. That is cold and dead.

 

[VFlutter]

Literally frozen torso? No. You don't work that. That is cold and dead.

To clarify, some of these patients will have varying degrees of muscle rigidity and chest wall non-compliance but still be potentially viable. But as you said frozen torso is a no go.

 

[EpiEMS]

So this guy is a no go, eh?

(Unsafe scene!)