Laerdal UK introduce the Laerdal MediCool Kit

On the basis of published evidence,

ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation)

made the following recommendations in October 2002:

· Unconscious adult patients when the intial rhythm was VF and with spontaneous circulation after out of hospital cardiac arrest should be cooled.

· Core body temperature should be cooled to 32-34°C.

· Cooled body temperature to be maintained for 12-24 hours.

These recommendations were incorporated in the ERC Guildelines for Resuscitation 2005 with the additional

comment that ‘Induced hypothermia might also benefi t unconscious adult patients with spontaneous circulation

after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from a non-shockable rhythm, or cardiac arrest in hospital’