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6 People Who Froze to Death—and Came Back to Life Once you freeze to death—that's it, right? Not always. With the right techniques, doctors may be able to bring a frozen person back to life.
reader's digest ^ | Jun. 20, 2022 | Jen BabakhanJen Babakhan

Posted on 01/18/2024 4:54:27 AM PST by daniel1212

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It was -22° F on a December night in 1980 when 19-year-old Jean Hilliard’s car skidded off a side road in Lengby, Minnesota. The teen was on the way back home to her parents’ house and was wearing a coat, mittens, and cowboy boots. The car was truly stuck, so she decided to walk to a nearby friend’s house. She collapsed a mere 15 feet from his door as hypothermia took hold.

The friend, Wally Nelson, found her the following morning; she was frozen solid. “I grabbed her by the collar and skidded her into the porch. I thought she was dead. Froze stiffer than a board, but I saw a few bubbles coming out of her nose,” Nelson revealed in a 2018 Minnesota Public Radio interview.

When Hilliard finally made it to the hospital, her pulse was 12 beats per minute and her body temperature was 88° F, according to the New York Times. The medical staff thawed Hilliard with an electrical warming blanket, and over the next several hours Hilliard made a full recovery.

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Snow-covered and blue

Justin Smith, 25, of Pennsylvania, had gone out with friends one night in 2016 when he technically lost his life. The group had been drinking and lost track of each other. Smith was found unconscious on the roadside the following morning covered in snow and blue—he had been in sub-zero temperatures for more than 12 hours... Smith made a complete recovery.

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A toddler in the icy Canadian night In the winter of 2001, 13-month-old Erika Nordby woke up in the middle of the night at a family friend’s home. Although she was cuddling with her snoozing three-year-old sister and mother, Nordby got up and toddled out into the icy Canadian night, wearing only a diaper and T-shirt...the toddler eventually made a full recovery.

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Headfirst into a frozen lake

When 29-year-old Swedish radiologist Anna Bågenholm went for a day of skiing with her friends, she never expected that it would nearly claim her life. . she made a complete recovery. Check out these 15 weird things that happen to your body during the winter.

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Mitsutaka Uchikoshi, 35, of Japan, may be the only known case of human hibernation... In October 2006, Uchikoshi fell down a steep mountain slope...he wasn’t found until 24 days later when hikers stumbled across his body. During that time, Uchikoshi had endured temperatures that dipped to 50° F; his body temperature had fallen to 72° F .. Uchikoshi made a full recovery,

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Waiting for the death announcement

Stella Berndtsson’s parents gave their daughter permission to play outside while they prepared for Christmas in 2011. They had no idea it would lead to the seven-year old’s disappearance in freezing waters... Her body temperature was 55.4° F...she made a full recovery.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Religion; Science
KEYWORDS: climatechange; frigid; frostbite; winter
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To: TalBlack
As far as I know if the freeze pops the cells, that’s that.

"when the cells really freeze completely, they undergo a crystallization process and become glass-like crystals. In this process they are irreparably damaged. "When the cells thaw after this process, all that is left of them is a mass of pulp," explained Dr. Alvin Merendino. This is a main reason why it’s currently impossible for doctors to freeze people and bring them back to life a few years later. - https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/meet-the-woman-who-froze-like-a-lump-of-meat-in-the-freezer-and-survived-679417

21 posted on 01/18/2024 6:20:50 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: DannyTN
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22 posted on 01/18/2024 6:43:05 AM PST by know.your.why (<>)
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To: vespa300

Do you also believe that a dead body should not be cremated??


23 posted on 01/18/2024 6:43:18 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Churchillspirit

>>>Do you also believe that a dead body should not be cremated??>>>

Well, when I consider that thousands if not millions of Christians were burned alive by the church of the dark ages, I guess I don’t see the difference or if this is an issue with God. The Bible even calls this body “vile.”

Isn’t it such good news that we get a new perfect, beautiful and immortal body at the 2nd coming!

Also, Genesis 2:7 tells us the formula for life ....dust plus God’s breath (his spirit) and we BECOME a living soul. We are not GIVEN nor do we HAVE a soul. The doctrine of an immortal disembodied soul has it’s origin in greek mythology and Egyptian and pagan religions.

The Bible says ONLY GOD is immortal. We have conditional mortality and sadly, when our parents sinned......we inheritied a sinful fallen nature and we must die. But if we die in Christ, it’s only a sleep. At the 2nd coming we shall come to life to meet Jesus.

Throughout the bible death is called a sleep. The dead know nothing, etc. etc. A few texts here and there are the same texts always quoted to try and show we have an immortal disembodied soul. That’s why we have people praying to saints and Mary and ghosts in heaven. The Bible teaches none of this.

Even David has not yet ascended. And moses was taken body and all....see Jude 9. Elijah and Enoch were both translated alive so they didn’t see death at all. But the one who did.....Moses, we later read about a contention over his “body”....

I’m sure it was Satan arguing with God because there had been no atonement yet. God wrote a check and cashed it later at Calvary and took Moses home.......and life includes the “body.” Genesis 2:7 is the formula for life. A + B= C. Dust plus God’s breath = life or a living soul. Take away A and B.and back to dust we go. AS Job said......from dust I came...to dust I return. It’s just not that hard. Thank u


24 posted on 01/18/2024 6:58:27 AM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300
Thank you for a very full and thought-provoking reply.

God Bless...

25 posted on 01/18/2024 7:01:24 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: vespa300; Churchillspirit

Ditto Churchill.


26 posted on 01/18/2024 8:11:35 AM PST by spankalib
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To: DannyTN

MOSTLY DEAD.


27 posted on 01/18/2024 9:49:38 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: daniel1212

When doing open chest cardiac surgery the body temp is sometimes brought down...I have heard from surgical tech teams that sometimes ice would be placed in the chest cavity. Cannot say I can verify with my own eyes.
As long as the oxygen requirements of tissue are met there is a possibility that someone can survive. Unfortunately chemical reactions go on even at lower temps...eventually proteins fold up and precipitate out...ice crystal disrupt cell membranes, not enough ATP is made, coagulation proteins coagulate, etc and patient dies. We are finding out that some people can hang out for longer periods than previously thought.

Wasn’t this one of the themes for the sci-fi film, The Thing, back in 1951?


28 posted on 01/18/2024 10:09:53 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Churchillspirit

You are welcome. Blessings to you.


29 posted on 01/18/2024 11:05:46 AM PST by vespa300
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To: daniel1212

I’m only having my head frozen. Fingers crossed that they pick the right one.


30 posted on 01/18/2024 3:06:23 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: daniel1212

So there may be a sequel to The Shining?


31 posted on 01/18/2024 3:13:12 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: daniel1212
Apparently the people who wrote the article do not understand the difference between "frozen" and "deep chilled".

They are now experimenting with deep chilling for spinal injuries. The cold reduces the amount of swelling and may return the injured person to full health rather then partially crippled. It is a very complicated process where a lot can go wrong but it also can have some amazingly positive results.

32 posted on 01/18/2024 3:24:28 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: nesnah
So there may be a sequel to The Shining?

Never saw it, so you can explain.

33 posted on 01/18/2024 5:12:54 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Apparently the people who wrote the article do not understand the difference between "frozen" and "deep chilled".

Yes, see comments.

34 posted on 01/18/2024 5:13:40 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: daniel1212

The villain ends up being frozen outdoors at the conclusion of the movie.


35 posted on 01/19/2024 2:58:26 AM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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