Supportive bedside measures to protect brain

This episode covers Chapter 8 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode Overview:

1. Describe 6 therapeutic interventions for the post-arrest brain
2. List 5 techniques for initiating therapeutic hypothermia
3. List 4 mechanisms of therapeutic hypothermia in improving neurological outcome

Wisecracks:

1. What components make up cerebral blood flow and CPP?
2. (shownotes only) Essential Evidence: Target Temperature Management at 33 C vs 36 C after Cardiac Arrest (Nielsen et al., 2013)