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It seems that the cold water also contributed to his survival. He only had to lose a lower leg, no brain damage. This is always the question: very nice you are
by louwrentius 11y ago
It seems that the cold water also contributed to his survival. He only had to lose a lower leg, no brain damage.
This is always the question: very nice you are able to survive x y or z, but in what condition do you get out of it: like a vegetable or like a human being?
- hliyan 11y agoWasn't this also a factor: "The team also used a technique called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to extract oxygen-deprived blood, warm it up and add oxygen, before pumping it back into the body, The Times reported. After 10 days of using the technique, which mimics the function of the heart, while Michael was in an induced coma, he survived."
- JshWright 11y agoSure, but it's the fact that he was rapidly cooled in the first place that made ECMO an option at all. You can't just take someone who has been dead for 40 minutes and slap 'em on an ECMO machine...