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Follow on Google News | Life Recovery Systems Reacts to New Clinical Results Supporting Therapeutic HypothermiaIcy receptions and chilling patients’ core body temperatures is what The ThermoSuit® System was designed to do. The award winning ThermoSuit is the patient cooling device to watch!
By: Lora Shipman Therapeutic Hypothermia is becoming more and more popular in emergency rooms and critical care units around the country and we are seeing it being used more often in various emergency situations. The ThermoSuit System is growing in popularity with emergency professionals primarily because of its ease of use and excellent safety record.[1] The ThermoSuit System is cleared by the FDA for rapid patient cooling. The ThermoSuit cools patients to a target range of 32˚C - 34˚C in about ½ hour. The ThermoSuit’s ability to cool to target temperatures so quickly, has made it the rapid patient cooling device of choice for many hospitals and critical care facilities in the country. Several presentations given at the American Heart Association’ • A review of clinical data from over 100 Minnesota patients showed that a one-hour delay in cooling was associated with a 25% increased rate of death [2]. This result was similar to that reported in a study published by a group of German investigators earlier this year [3] • A 200-patient European multi-center study[4] of nasal cooling vs. traditional cooling methods showed an approximate doubling in the rate of neurologically intact patient survival when time to target core temperature was reduced from 4.1 hours to 2.1 hours. Note: The nasal cooling approach is not available commercially, but the ThermoSuit is available NOW and cools more quickly. • A recent review article on this topic noted; “Rapid induction decreases the risks and consequences of short-term side effects, such as shivering and metabolic disorders [5] These new reports and others like them will likely attract more facilities to employ the ThermoSuit System in order to fulfill their patient cooling protocol requirements. “The new clinical studies give added support for the value of rapid patient cooling. The ThermoSuit® is definitely a leader in this area as it reaches target temperatures in about 30 minutes and has no documented complications. Other surface cooling methods take hours to cool and can result in complications such as frost bite and other skin damage. Invasive cooling catheters have been associated with complications such as bleeding, deep venous thrombosis and catheter entrapment.” “In addition to the ThermoSuit®’s speed and excellent safety record, the patient can be removed from the suit and easily transported to any unit in the hospital for necessary treatment. Outside of the suit, the patient remains cool for hours.” added Dr. Robert Freedman, Jr. Chairman and CEO, Life Recovery Systems. About Life Recovery Systems: Life Recovery Systems specializes in the development of ground breaking, innovative medical devices for the emergency medical care market. Life Recovery Systems mission is to save and preserve the quality of lives. The ThermoSuit® System was the recipient of a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award The Company’s management team brings extensive experience in the medical device, cardiology, neurology, and emergency medicine specialties. Life Recovery Systems is located in Waldwick, New Jersey. References: 1. Comments from ThermoSuit Users “The ThermoSuit System was able to cool patients to target temperature extremely quickly, and resulted in a much higher than expected survival rate and good neurological outcome, with no adverse events attributable to the device” Daniel Howes, MD, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. “We have seen remarkable results with the ThermoSuit. We have had excellent neurologic outcomes in our first seven or eight patients with classic primary cardiac arrest.” Paul McMullan, MD, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA. “We are reaching therapeutic temperatures in 20-30 min. Our patients have recovered in 2 to 6 days.” Rhonda Poulson RN, BSN, MBA, CCRN, Memorial Health Care System, Chattanooga, TN. 2. Mooney M, “Cool It: Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Patients Transferred from Out-of-State Emergency Departments” 3. Wolff B, Machill K, Schumacher D, Schulzki I, Werner D, “Early Achievement of mild therapeutic hypothermia and neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest”, International Journal of Cardiology 2009 4. Castré 5. Polderman K and Herold I, “Therapeutic hypothermia and controlled normothermia In the intensive care unit: Practical considerations, side effects, and cooling methods”, Critical Care Medicine, 2009 # # # About Life Recovery Systems: Life Recovery Systems specializes in the development of ground breaking, innovative medical devices for the emergency medical care market. Life Recovery Systems mission is to save and preserve the quality of lives. The ThermoSuit® System was the recipient of a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award The Company’s management team brings extensive experience in the medical device, cardiology, neurology, and emergency medicine specialties. Life Recovery Systems is located in Waldwick, New Jersey. End
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