Critical Care Medicine Archives

Cooper Hosts Spring Career Event for Critical Care Technicians

March 27, 2017 Leave a Comment

Spring Has Sprung and Cooper University Health Care is hosting a Spring Career Event!

(Invitation Only Event)

Exciting Career Opportunities for Critical Care Technicians!

Full-Time, Part-Time and Per Diem for ALL Shifts.

Date: Thursday, April 6, 2017

Time: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

To apply, click here.

Job Description:

Assists the Registered Nurse in providing direct, indirect and non-patient care.

Therapeutic Hypothermia Program Highlighted in SJ Magazine

February 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

The February issue of SJ Magazine featured an article about life saving medical advances in emergency cardiac care. Therapeutic hypothermia is a treatment used on cardiac arrest patients. After a patient is resuscitated, they are cooled so that their core body temperature drops in order to prevent brain damage caused by the heart stopping.

Therapeutic Hypothermia Being Used By Paramedics

September 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently published an article about hospital paramedics who are using the cooling process of icing cardiac-arrest patients in the ambulance, even before they get to the ER, to prevent neurological damage.

Cooper Study Published In JAMA Suggests Too Much Oxygen Following Cardiac Arrest May Be Harmful, Not Helpful

June 1, 2010 Leave a Comment

Critical Care and Emergency Medicine researchers at Cooper University Hospital have published a research study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), one of the leading medical journals. Their research, which was a large multicenter study of adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after resuscitation from cardiac arrest, found that exposure to hyperoxia, or excessively high oxygen levels in the blood, is a common occurrence and an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality.

Cooper’s Senior VP for Academic and Medical Affairs Appointed to Chief Medical Officer

June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

Cooper University Hospital is proud to appoint Carolyn E. Bekes, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. “Dr. Bekes has had a very successful career at Cooper and has served in many and varied capacities. Through effective leadership and hard work, I am confident that she will continue to excel within this new position.” said John P. Sheridan, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer.