Heat And Cold Therapy

However, other resources, such as mobile doctors may be available to prevent the patient from requiring hospital admission (17). Furthermore, certain approaches to pain relief, such as warm running water and cold packs, are not always readily available to paramedics. Thus implementing these procedures as a necessary part of paramedic practice would not prove practical. However, paramedics should be aware of the different approaches to relieving pain for these patients and be further aware that if the resources are available, they should be utilised in order to provide as much relief as possible to the suffering

Hydrotherapy is therapy using water. This can be hot, cold warm or even ice. The temperature of the water effects the therapeutic properties of the treatment, for example, hot or warm water is more relaxing, stimulating the immune system and reducing stress. Cold water is used to treat burns and smooth muscle pains and soreness. Steam is used along with herbs and oils to sooth respiratory problems and treat mild illness (colds). Movements in open water (swimming pools) are used to treat issues such as arthritis and is used in rehabilitation.

Practitioners use this method to master a bunch of both medical and health conditions like depression, arthritis and tendonitis and much more. It is commonly used to treat conditions that have something to do with pain like headaches and chronic back pains.

They need warming and soothing heat massage to raise body temperature and create relaxation in muscles that may be tense due to the cold. However, if a client has a hot body, muscular and sporty with a tendency to sprains – then cold marble massage is going to suit them far better. You may want to start with hot stones to open up the muscles, but the majority could be using cold stones.

Cryotherapy involves the use of low temperatures to remove heat form a body part. It decreases pain and inflammation, promote vasoconstriction (narrowing of blood vessel) and prevent the development of waste products.

Charging to 200....Stand clear…Shocking! CPR....EMS providers experience the adrenaline and rush of a patient in cardiac arrest. Trying to bring dead back to life is not a simple task by far, especially with the limitations and resources of the field. But, what happens after the patient makes it to definitive care? Annually, around 300,000 adults in the United States experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (AHA), and EMS providers only see the results of the short term survival of the patient, but rarely the actual patient care and recovery after an arrest. Patients undergo intense, aggressive treatment and recovery measures in the hospital post-code. These patients have a variety of treatment regimens

The ice will not only numb some of your pain, but it will also decrease swelling and inflammation in the muscles.

American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that nearly 700 Americans die each day of sudden cardiac arrest (MI), or 250,000 every year, as many as 50,000 lives could be saved each year if certain critical interventions were made. (Freeman , 50) A patient who receives early life support measures and defibrillation within one to five minutes of arrest is much more likely to live and to retain normal brain function. The brain is often at a serious risk for irreparable brain damage related to anoxia and many other co-morbidities that are associated with cardiac arrest (MI). When a perfusing cardiac rhythm returns after a heart attack, the most important objective is to preserve brain function. The AHA and the Advanced Life Support Task Force of

Treatments for cosmetic reasons also seem far fetched for me. However, make they make more sense than from my prior knowledge. People often believe that when working out in the heat the will burn more calories because they are sweating more, however, working out in the cold the body actually has to work harder to regulate the temperatures. Then in theory cool treatments cold make sense depending on the amount of time a person is in the chamber for. For acne I have also often used ice to close my pores as it tightens skin which supports they could use to support their claims in all the advertisements I hear on the radio that cool treatments can tighten skin, yet it still seems far fetched to

Game Ready® is a modality system that employs the ice and compression components of RICE (Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation) treatment techniques for acute injuries and post-surgical patients. In addition, the machine mimics the body’s natural muscle contractions in an effort to manufacture a pump system within the body that can aid in lymphatic function.

This perspective was extremely interesting. I am the type of person who always questions the status of different modalities and life experiences, but I do not one hundred percent believe everything that they were talking about. I do believe that we need to take out the rest aspect of the RICE method, but I do not think the application of ice should be taken out. We as athletic trainers and physical therapist, use to POLICE method and the biggest difference being the optimal loading aspect of the acronym. Without the optimal loading part of rehabilitation, this will cause the affected area to become even more stiff and possible immobile for a while. The reason why I believe ice could be helpful in this situation is because ice can be used for different things other than slowing down the process of inflammation. Inflammation is not a bad thing as we learned in class, but it can cause pain and loss of range of motion, which could inhibit the use of that infected area and cause for a longer healing process. If the clinician used ice on the affected area, that will cause that area to go numb, therefore the patient will not feel pain, thereby increasing the range of motion. Another major use for ice is it decreases the process of secondary hypoxic injury. This issue of secondary hypoxic is a

Apply icing for 20 minutes, four to six time a day for several days. This will help in reducing pain and swelling.

Ice or cold therapy should be applied throughout the rehabilitation process. Apply ice for 15 minutes every hour initially for the first day then reduce this to 4 to 5 times a day from then on as required. Do not apply directly to the skin as this may cause ice burns. Using ice wrapped in a wet towel or cold pack can avoid this. In the first stage ice will constrict blood vessels and prevent further bleeding. Long-term benefits include reduction of pain and muscle spasm. Ice should not be used for longer than 15 minutes as prolonged cooling has the reverse effect of increasing blood flow and long periods of cooling can also cause nerve injury. Ice therapy should be used throughout the rehabilitation process to control inflammation, but only in 15-minute sessions each time.

• Return to your normal activities as told by your health care provider. Ask your health care provider what activities are safe for you.

The nursing topic that I am going to base my final paper on is the use of hypothermia therapy following the successful resuscitation of adult patients. I want to further understand the positive or the negative outcomes for patients after we have using the hypothermia therapy protocol. hypothermia _1_.pdf This is one of the research studies that I plan on using in the research for my finial paper. The PICO question that I will be trying to answer in my research paper will be " In the resuscitated adult patient does the use of hypothermia therapy have a reduced mortality rate for adult patients after they have been discharged from the hospital?" By using the definition of PICOT from our book, the P in my research is resuscitated adult patients,