Heart Attack Patients Get 'Big Chill' Treatment. News. By Marilynn Marchione published 5 December 2008 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Heart attack patients get ‘big chill’ treatment. Dec. 5, ... The only big study of cooling for heart attacks — 392 patients given cold saline through a big vein — failed to show benefit, ...

BLOOMINGTON -- The hottest thing in preserving brain function is a cold blanket. Therapeutic hypothermia is sedating and temporarily paralyzing a patient after cardiac arrest and cooling his or ...