Successful resuscitation of an elderly man with deep accidental hypothermia using portable extracorporeal circulation in the emergency department: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Deep accidental hypothermia (body temperature below 28 degrees C) is rare and has a high mortality rate. Successful resuscitation usually occurs in the young, but a prompt intervention using a portable extracorporeal cardiopulmonary circulation device can also provide a good outcome for older persons.


METHODS
We report the successful resuscitation of an 82-year-old male from deep accidental hypothermia using portable extracorporeal circulation in the emergency department.


CONCLUSIONS
This successful resuscitation of an 82-year-old patient demonstrates that a prompt intervention by a medical team that trains together, using a mobile cardiopulmonary bypass device via a percutaneous approach, can potentially provide good outcomes for all victims of deep accidental hypothermia, both in the operating suites and the emergency department.
Cooper
Simone S
SS
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, USA. simone.cooper@utoledo.edu
Papadimos
Thomas J
TJ
Campbell
Jeffery A
JA
Cerilli
Gregory J
GJ
Omer
Shuab
S
Braida
Anthony L
AL
Hassan
Ali M
AM