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I'm guessing its a bit marketing and a bit semantics. I am not a doctor and I'm relating this incident third hand, but as explained to me it went like this: A
by ChuckMcM 7y ago
I'm guessing its a bit marketing and a bit semantics.
I am not a doctor and I'm relating this incident third hand, but as explained to me it went like this: A person at our church had a heart attack and essentially died, they were then put into a deep chill / ice bath, then transported to the hospital. At the hospital they received a multiple bypass operation and then were brought up to temperature and out of their induced coma. They recovered and have suffered no ill effects (other than they would because their arteries were clogged). I got the impression that this chilling/induced coma kind of thing was 'new' but no longer experimental.
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- leesalminen 7y agoWe had a very similar situation with my father-in-law earlier this year, unfortunately though, he never did wake up from the induced coma. He died. The biggest takeaway for me was to learn CPR and PRACTICE it every year (through re-certification). My father-in-law went without CPR for ~9 minutes- basically pegging his chance at survival to 0. Who knows what the outcome would've been if someone who knew CPR was present to start immediately. Seriously, get certified and practice CPR techniques. It could save a life one day.