Using rapid cooling body bags to heat stroke victims --ER doctor

From rapid cooling body bags to 'prescriptions’ for AC, doctors prepare for a future of extreme heat From body bags for rapid cooling to "prescriptions" for air conditioners, doctors are preparing for a future of extreme heat linked to climate change. Karen Pennar STAT

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Body bags are the ideal way to treat heat stroke victims because they are waterproof, cool a person about twice as quickly as traditional methods, and compactly contain both the person being cooled and the melting ice, Comp said, adding, “If you have a better name, ‘cause, you know, that makes people uncomfortable,” given their association with cadavers. The bags allow room for IV tubing, temperature probes, and even intubation if necessary, and they are capacious enough to allow doctors to perform some procedures: Doctors at Valleywise once successfully used a defibrillator on one patient who was suffering ventricular arrhythmia while cooling down in a body bag.

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