The teenager survived after 42 minutes of being under water Bashny.Net

Almost chudoChetyrnadtsatiletny teenager Michael from Germany stayed alive after spending 42 minutes under water. This case is called unique. Doctors say the chances of survival in this situation, one in a million.



The incident occurred in the town of cuggiono, near Milan. The teenager and his friends jumped off a bridge, but at some point the children had worried, because Michael has not emerged. Rescuers were called, and divers got the boy out of the water. It is no wonder that Michael's heart stopped beating, and hope for salvation was almost no.

However, the child was taken by helicopter to hospital in Milan "Saint Raphael". On the way doctors do cardiac massage. Next, Dr. Alberto Zangrillo applied the technique of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. After oxygen saturation victim went to the amendment. The fact that the "drowned" alive, doctors believe almost a miracle.



At first, doctors were planning to amputate his right leg, but after the restoration of blood flow necessary in this no more. A month later the boy was able to communicate normally with his parents. As demonstrated by MRI, brain function is fully restored.

Speaking about the reasons for such an incredibly successful outcome, experts point to the young age of the victim, as well as the fact that at the time of its removal from the water the body temperature did not exceed 29 degrees. In other circumstances, the brain does not carry such load. The case, according to doctors, will make the scientific world to reconsider the question of human survival under reduced oxygen content in the body or individual organs and tissues.

via www.lastampa.it/2015/05/26/italia/cronache/rest-sottacqua-per-minuti-salvo-grazie-a-una-rianimazione-impossibile-0BHkKspiJQCyzU2M34EHWK/pagina.html