What is Therapeutic Hypothermia? Inside the ICU when a Patient Suffers Cardiac Arrest (Video)

The rapper DMX had a heart attack after suffering a drug overdose. Some reports say that he is in critical condition on life support, some say he is breathing independently, and some are saying that he is brain dead. In the video above, I will tell you what I would see as a Unit Secretary when a person who suffered a heart attack arrived on the unit.&nb...

What Is It Like Working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a Unit Secretary?

 What is it like working in an ICU? There are different types of ICUs: the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit), the CVICU (Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit), and the regular ICU (Intensive Care Unit). What type of patients will you see?Patients who had Heart Attacks.Patients who have had surgery (not all; most can return to a regular unit after...