Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation
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Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation
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Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation (EPR) is an experimental medical procedure where an emergency department patient is cooled into suspended animation for an hour to prevent incipient death from ischemia, such as the blood loss following a shooting or stabbing. EPR uses hypothermia, drugs, and fluids to "buy time" for resuscitative surgery. If successful, EPR may someday be deployed in the field so that paramedics can suspend and preserve patients for transport. EPR is similar to deep hypo
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Experimental emergency medicine procedure
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Preservation_and_Resuscitation
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2024-03-25T22:50:32Z
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