intensive care after resuscitation

Last reviewed 01/2018

Intensive care after resuscitation is used for:

  • assessment
  • monitoring
  • treatment

The key variables to monitor are:

  • ECG
  • blood pressure
  • pH, pCO2
  • serum sodium and potassium
  • urine

No brain stem tests should be performed until:

  • hypothermia } are corrected
  • hypoxia }