Which is a way to cool a patient's body during a malignant hyperthermia (MH) crisis?
a. Pour frozen distilled water into surgical wound.
b. Decrease temperature of OR suite.
c. Administer iced normal saline intravenously.
d. Lavage the bladder with cooled fluids.
ANS: C
Administer refrigerated or iced normal saline via IV. Lavage the stomach and rectum, use a hypothermia blanket, and if available, use an extracorporeal perfusion apparatus for partial cardiopulmonary bypass to cool the viscera.
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