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Ice Bag

Ice Bags · Ice Pack · Ice Bag with Clamp

A soft plastic bag with a cloth-like outer layer, filled with crushed ice and sealed with a plastic clamp across the top. Ties or straps let it be wrapped and held in place.

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    In cardiac and aortic surgery with deep hypothermiahy-poh-THER-mee-uhA body temperature that has fallen below the normal range.hypo- belowtherm/o heat-ia conditionFull entry and circulatory arrest, ice bags are placed around the patient's head at the start of the case to cool the brain further and lower its oxygen demand. Our setups pair them with a cooling blanket and padding for the skin.

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3 sources
  1. Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 25 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 982
  2. AmSECT. Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest (DHCA) Clinical Protocol, p. 2
  3. gosupps.com

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