Commotio Cordis, Therapeutic Hypothermia, and Evacuation from a United States Military Base in Iraq

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been demonstrated to improve clinical outcomes after out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest. It remains unclear if TH can be safely and effectively used in the setting of traumatic arrest. Furthermore, the use of TH methods in the pre-hospital and transport environments remain poorly established and a domain of active investigation.To describe a case of successful TH utilization after blunt...