Therapeutic hypothermia with a novel surface cooling device improves neurologic outcome after prolonged cardiac arrest in swine.

The article examines the hypothesis that the Life Recovery Systems' ThermoSuit System offers effective core cooling by pumping ice water over the skin surface and enhances neurologic outcome after prolonged cardiac arrest. Results reveal that the ThermoSuit System quickly and safely induced mild therapeutic hypothermia. Hypothermia enhanced neurologic outcome in swine after cardiac arrest as compared with normothermia.