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A new medical gadget developed by Benechill allows EMT’s and other rescue workers to cool patients brains on the go preventing serious brain damage. The device called Rhinochill releases a fast evaporating liquid up the nose of the patient where it helps cool the brain. In a study of 200 patients, those who where given Rhinochill were 15% more likely to live. Survivors were also 15% more likely to avoid brain damage. [Pop Sci]
How to Chill a Brain
1. HOOK IT UP A paramedic slides the RhinoChill tubes up the nostrils and into the nasal cavity.
2. SPRAY A gas propellant drives perfluorocarbon coolant through the tube, which turns it into a fine mist.
3. COLD RUSH The mist settles on nasal-cavity and upper-throat membranes and evaporates instantly, cooling the blood running to the brain to lower its temperature to 93.2ºF in 90 minutes.
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