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Complications include patient discomfort or shivering.
Cardiac monitoring is difficult underwater.
Resuscitation is difficult underwater. If the patient develops ventricular fibrillation, he or she must be removed and dried with a towel prior to defibrillation.
Overshoot hypothermia (cooling core body temperature to less than 39°C) must be avoided.
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