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NHLBI launches temperature regulation study for pediatric cardiac arrest – 3
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Researchers are starting a study in infants and children who have had cardiac arrest. Victoria Pemberton at the National Heart Lunch and Blood Institute says for the study a participant’s body needs to be cooled quickly.
Pemberton: So from the time that a child has been noted to have cardiac arrest and the heart starts beating again, there's about six hours before we want to put the child on the cooling mattress and have the cooling blankets on.
Narrator: Study participants must be older than 48 hours and younger than 18 years and must be enrolled within six hours of suffering cardiac arrest. For details, visit nhlbi.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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