• Resuscitation · Jun 2005

    Case Reports

    One night in a snowbank: a case report of severe hypothermia and cardiac arrest.

    • B Moser, W Voelckel, A Gardetto, G Sumann, and V Wenzel.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. berthold.moser@uibk.ac.at
    • Resuscitation. 2005 Jun 1; 65 (3): 365368365-8.

    AbstractHypothermia < 28 degrees C is rarely compatible with life, with only a few cases described surviving such low temperatures. We present a case of a man who survived with a core body temperature below 21.0 degrees C after spending a night in a snowbank with an ambient temperatures as low as -20.0 degrees C. Prolonged CPR and early initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation enabled survival without neurological deficit at hospital discharge. Frostbite was limited to both hands and all toes only; although the entire upper and lower extremity appeared to be deeply frozen on admission, amputation of both hands was inevitable and resulted in permanent disability.

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