Person, frozen to death for several hours, was revived!

[Georgy Zhukov]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11404999

I could see how this could potentially revolutionize trauma medication.. . .

[Sphere]

Did she mention what heaven was like?

[Dr. Oza]

filled with cotton candy and mormons...

[Dr. Oza]

just read it and very interesting though.. but its not unreasonable.. since one needs to have zero heartrate at relatively normal temperature to be "dead" since the hypothermia itself can stop her heart as it did

[Solid Snake]

Not imposible, altough 13-15° Celsius are considered deadly temperatures of hypothermia, in this case it just, seemed, to cause a super slow movement of the heart, bradichardia, so she wasnt dead actually.....

[Nimthill]

Death: cessation of brain waves.

It's a really interesting story though, and hypothermia is already used in some surgeries (esp. those of the heart). Still, I think statistically your odds of freezing to pseudodeath and being revived are somewhat slim... limiting the medical application of this story =)

[Armatus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11404999

I could see how this could potentially revolutionize trauma medication.. . .

that "reporter" is very dramatic. in fact i almost forgot i was watching news rather than a movie.

[Turtle Hammer]

Still, I think this goes some way to lending weight to the idea of cryogenics etc. Just how far they'd go towards stopping the aging process and what sort of nutrition/life support would be necessary to maintain a body in such a state is still anyone's guess though.

[Armatus]

The thing is you can't currently freeze a human body without destroying it, apparently her cells did not get damaged, they need to find out why or if it was just that something else contributed to her revival. Because if she's got frog like genes there's a company ready to get rich.