SAQ 1843 – Asystolic cardiac arrest with severe environmental hypothermia

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A 35-year-old man is flown in by air ambulance after being found unconscious in remote bushland in winter. He is in asystole, ambulance officers are performing CPR and his temperature is 28.6 C.

Outline in table form the current advanced life support algorithm for asystolic arrest.

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What are the major modifications to this algorithm in significant environmental hypothermia?

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