Therapeutic hypothermia and cardio-respiratory augmentation apparatus

A therapeutic hypothermia and cardio-respiratory augmentation apparatus to cool a patient to a selected temperature range and augment the patient's cardio-pulmonary functions comprising a cooling system including an upper cooling section, an intermediate cooling section and a lower cooling section coupled to a fluid cooling source by a cooling fluid circulating system to supply a cooling fluid to the upper cooling section, the intermediate cooling section and the lower cooling section to selectively and independently cool the brain, the torso and the legs respectively to within a selected or predetermined temperature range, a cardio-respiratory augmentation system including an upper biphasic ventilator section and a lower pulmonary augmentation section coupled to a gas source by a gas circulating system to alternatively apply positive pressure and negative pressure to the upper biphasic ventilator section and pulsating positive pressure to the lower pulmonary section to augment respiration for the lungs and blood flow to the heart respectively and a control system including a plurality of sensors to sense the patient's temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate and logic circuitry to control the operation of the cooling system and the cardio-respiratory augmentation system.