bonuspoints wrote:
My blackberry won't let me follow the link, but I hope he had some kind of blood flow in that time or there may not be much of a life in store for him!
The video shows an interview with the man and one of the doctors. So he can still move and speak and think. The man was shocked 8 times with a defibrillator, underwent 47 minutes of CPR. Brain damage usually begins after 2 minutes during cardiac arrest, death after 10. The doctor said he had the best (a very strong) pulse with chest compressions that the doctor ever felt in his career, which has bought some time. The doctors cooled the body down to reduce the metabolic demands of the brain and the internal organs and it helped them buy some more time. The man himself can't really speak about what he experienced, he finds it difficult emotionally. But he said in the interview he was doing fine, feeling great, though he still needs time to progress; and he said he came a long way.
I think the man must have a very strong body and he had some very good doctors!
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