Comments on: Patients to be frozen into state of suspended animation for surgery http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: alan http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/#comment-66487 alan Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:35:50 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=14184#comment-66487 Freezing into a state of suspended animation isn’t really news, is it? As I see it, someone has been doing the same thing to the brains of primitive primates and politicians, for years. Freezing into a state of suspended animation isn’t really news, is it? As I see it, someone has been doing the same thing to the brains of primitive primates and politicians, for years.

]]> By: Joe http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/#comment-66484 Joe Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:15:58 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=14184#comment-66484 The US govt wanted to reduce death rates among casualties and started aggressively trying to evacuate injured soldiers during the Vietnam conflict. Despite their efforts the death rate did not change. What has been discovered is that if he body is just a little warmer than normal cellular death and then actual death will occur much more quickly. In the Falklands war the UK could not establish air superiority for quick evacuation so many soldiers with serious wounds had to be left in place until they could be evacuated. What surprised many was that soldiers with mortal wounds survived for very long periods (up to 24 hours). Later research showed that the cold weather cooled them and delayed the chemical reaction leading to cellular death. The US govt wanted to reduce death rates among casualties and started aggressively trying to evacuate injured soldiers during the Vietnam conflict. Despite their efforts the death rate did not change. What has been discovered is that if he body is just a little warmer than normal cellular death and then actual death will occur much more quickly.

In the Falklands war the UK could not establish air superiority for quick evacuation so many soldiers with serious wounds had to be left in place until they could be evacuated. What surprised many was that soldiers with mortal wounds survived for very long periods (up to 24 hours). Later research showed that the cold weather cooled them and delayed the chemical reaction leading to cellular death.

]]> By: Kassidy http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/#comment-66472 Kassidy Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:39:28 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=14184#comment-66472 Haha what is the liquid they cool with? Engine antifreeze? Haha what is the liquid they cool with? Engine antifreeze?

]]> By: Ross http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/#comment-66471 Ross Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:38:59 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=14184#comment-66471 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11404999 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11404999

]]> By: Carol Bradshaw http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/#comment-66469 Carol Bradshaw Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:33:55 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=14184#comment-66469 ps. I meant "frozen" water :) ps. I meant “frozen” water :)

]]> By: Carol Bradshaw http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/09/patients-frozen-state-suspended-animation-surgery/#comment-66468 Carol Bradshaw Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:32:59 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=14184#comment-66468 Apols for getting any of this story wrong, as it happened quite a few years back. I remember hearing about a case where a young person had a serious injury. She went into hypothermia from having landed in fallen water and apparently this saved her life, because it slowed her metabolism to almost a standstill which stopped her from bleeding to death. Amazingly, she survived from injuries that under normal circumstances would have quickly killed someone. Doctors were astonished that she survived. Apols for getting any of this story wrong, as it happened quite a few years back. I remember hearing about a case where a young person had a serious injury. She went into hypothermia from having landed in fallen water and apparently this saved her life, because it slowed her metabolism to almost a standstill which stopped her from bleeding to death. Amazingly, she survived from injuries that under normal circumstances would have quickly killed someone. Doctors were astonished that she survived.

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