(October 27, 2018 at 7:28 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(October 27, 2018 at 6:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I'm not a physician, so I'm not aware of any such procedure. Can you be more specific?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_case
Boru
Quote: As a last resort, Robert F. Spetzler — a neurosurgeon of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona — decided that a rarely performed surgical procedure, known as hypothermic cardiac arrest, was necessary to improve Reynolds's outcome. During this procedure, also known as a standstill operation, Reynolds's body temperature was lowered to 50 °F (10 °C), her breathing and heartbeat stopped, and the blood drained from her head. Her eyes were closed with tape and small ear plugs with speakers were placed in her ears. These speakers emitted audible clicks which were used to check the function of the brain stem to ensure that she had a flat EEG — or a non-responsive brain — before the operation proceeded.
Thank you. I had surgery for a brain aneurysm once, but my situation was different.
Further on in the article, it is suggested that Ms. Reynolds' experience my not have occurred while she was flatlined.
Boru
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