Heat Stroke Relief: Ice Bath Technique at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital - video Dailymotion

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In the face of a heatwave that saw temperatures soar to 50 degrees, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi set up a special unit for heat stroke patients.   Using immersion cooling technology, unconscious patients were submerged in icy water, their body temperatures lowered from a dangerous 104 degrees Fahrenheit to a safer 102.   This solution proved more effective than paracetamol injections, offering a lifeline during this crisis.  Reporter: Md Asghar Khan Videographer: Suresh K Pandey Producer: Divya Tiwari  Follow us: Website: https://www.outlookindia.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Outlookindia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outlookindia/ X: https://twitter.com/Outlookindia Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaNrF3v0AgWLA6OnJH0R Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OutlookMagazine Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/outlookindia  #Heatwave #Heatstroke #IceBath #ClimateChange #Temperature #GlobalWarming

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00:00The cooling technology for these patients is the Immersion Cooling Technology.

00:27Due to heat stroke, the patient becomes unconscious.

00:33We try to bring the temperature of the body down by cooling.

00:39The heat wave in which the temperature touched 50 degrees,

00:44after 10 days of our inauguration, the patients started coming.

00:53The global climate is changing and the results are very strange.

00:59This year, the prediction was that the heat wave could have a very adverse effect on people.

01:08That's why we have made this heat stroke unit for disaster preparedness.

01:16If the patient is more critical, then the patient is put on a ventilator.

01:21The patient's temperature is brought down by putting cold water and ice in an inflatable tub.

01:28The patient who is a little conscious and has a slight disorientation,

01:33can be safely brought down into the water.

01:36They are brought down into the water and the ice-making machine,

01:40which is called Keemprashitak in Hindi, or Ice Boy,

01:45is used to bring the temperature of the water down to 5 degrees.

01:52The patient is put in the water at a temperature of 104 degrees.

01:58The temperature is kept in the tub until the temperature drops to 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

02:04There are some symptoms that people are not able to understand.

02:09The heart beats faster, the heart beats faster, the breathing becomes faster,

02:14the breathing becomes shallow, there can be pain in the stomach, the heart can beat faster.

02:20These are the symptoms that people ignore and think that they have eaten something.

02:27The heat stroke patient's fever is not reduced by paracetamol injections.

02:33The best way to reduce fever is to use cold immersion techniques in cold water.

Heat Stroke Relief: Ice Bath Technique at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital

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