X-Message-Number: 18182 From: Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:06:13 EST Subject: Down time on ice In a message dated 12/18/01 2:02:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, writes: > There was recently a > newspaper story of a Scandinavian teenager who fell into freezing water and > was trapped beneath the ice. By the time she was pulled out, she had had no > breathing or heartbeat for six hours [At least that's how long I remember, > does anyone on cryonet have a good reference for this story?]. She was > warmed up, recovered fully, and now leads a completely normal life. I find this hard to believe. The limit is for a child in ice water and it is a little over two hours. This is a JAMA reference but I don't have it at hand. Six hours would be a miracle. Mike Darwin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18182