07
Jun
2011
Doctors learn a chilling treatment for heart attacks
A team from Pennsylvania is working with emergency responders in Eastern Maine on a treatment for heart attacks that might sound more like science fiction than modern medicine.
At a conference in Bar Harbor first responders practice a medical treatment called therapeutic hypothermia. The procedure chills a person to around 92 degrees Fahrenheit for about 24 hours.
Medical experts say the procedure can reduce by half, the chances of some one getting brain damage after a heart attack.
The procedure can have side effects and medical experts say brain damage is still a possibility even if the treatment is performed.
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