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"Next, Spiridonov’s head will be nearly frozen, ultimately reaching 12 to 15 degrees Celsius, which will make him temporarily brain-dead." What?! Did I read th
by bowmessage 10y ago
"Next, Spiridonov’s head will be nearly frozen, ultimately reaching 12 to 15 degrees Celsius, which will make him temporarily brain-dead."
What?! Did I read this wrong?
- trhway 10y agothere were cases when people after a couple hours in the water under the ice were brought back to live. If i remember the record low body temperature was ~14C. The 16C case of a toddler wandering outside into the winter that i was able to find right now - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/frozen-toddler-s-recovery-a-miracle-doctors-1.287430 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/frozen-toddler-s-recovery-a-mi...
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoThat's mammalian diving reflex, though. This is a bit different...
- duaneb 10y agoMammalian diving reflex has nothing to do with the cooling of a body to slow metabolic death.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoIt has a lot to do with people who spent a couple of hours in water under the ice being revived, though - which was trhway's subject.
- MattGrommes 10y agoThere's a lot of work being done right now on the practice of bringing body temp down extremely low as a way of making surgery safer and preserving bodies to get them to hospitals. It sounds nuts but it seems like one of the more mainstream parts of this procedure.