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== Therapeutic Cooling ==
== Therapeutic Cooling ==
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Cardiac arrests may having the cooling protocol applied. See [[BRR]] for more information about special tagging of these patients. If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent temp just '''prior  to''' start of cooling.
If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent temp just '''prior  to''' start of cooling.
* If no temp is available before cooling initiated, then use a temp at '''4 hours after''' cooling stopped.
* If no temp is available before cooling initiated, then use a temp at '''4 hours after''' cooling stopped.
**cardiac arrests may having the cooling protocol applied. See [[BRR]] for more information about special tagging of these patients.


=== Arrived from OR cold ===
=== Arrived from OR cold ===