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Overview
The goal of this course is to equip nurses with knowledge of the indications for therapeutic hypothermia, as well as nursing care for patients undergoing TH.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Traditionally, advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) focused solely on ensuring the return of spontaneous circulation with medications and electrical defibrillation. It did not focus on the long-term effects of cardiac arrest, such as the actions of free radicals and nitric oxide on the brain that contribute to ongoing nervous system degeneration. But in 2003, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommended a therapy that has come to be known as therapeutic hypothermia (TH), to reduce a patient’s core body temperature, which minimizes the harmful effects of hypoxia on the central nervous system (CNS).
The goal of this course is to equip nurses with knowledge of the history, indications for use, and possible future uses of therapeutic hypothermia, as well as nursing care for patients undergoing this process.
- Explain indications for therapeutic hypothermia
- Describe care of the patient who is undergoing therapeutic hypothermia
- Discuss the process of initiating and terminating therapeutic hypothermia
- Explain indications and contraindications for therapeutic hypothermia.
- Describe care of patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia.
- Discuss the process of initiating, maintaining, and discontinuing therapeutic hypothermia
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 9/1/2020
REL-ACU-0-THHA
Course Author
MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN
MBA, RN
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.