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Anna Bågenholm was clinically dead for more than an hour after falling, by accident, to a frozen river.
One morning in May 1999 began as any other for Swedish radiologist Anna Bågenholm.
Known for her passion for skiing, she decided to venture with two friends into the mountains of Narvik, in northern Norway.
However, what started as a simple excursion, It soon turned into a desperate fight for life that left her clinically dead.
During the descent, Anna lost control. His skis slipped on the ice, and in the blink of an eye, he found himself falling hard onto a frozen stream.
The impact was so severe that the ice gave way under its weight,tearing it up to the waist.
His friends, Torvind Næsheim and Marie Falkenberg, watched in horror as his body was dragged under a 20-centimeter-thick layer of ice.
Only his legs, still with the skis attached, remained visible.
The freezing water seeped into his clothes, adding weight and making his rescue difficult. After seven minutes, One of them managed to take out his cell phone and call emergency services.
She was clinically dead until she revived.
It took 80 minutes before the rescue team arrived at the scene. By then, Anna had stopped moving.
When she was pulled out of the water, her skin was pale and her eyes were closed. She was not breathing and there were no signs of blood circulation.
The medical team, led by Dr. Mads Gilbertdid not give up even though the woman was clinically dead.
She was taken to the hospital and her blood was warmed using a heart-lung bypass machine, device reserved for complex surgeries.
When she arrived at the hospital, Anna’s internal temperature was only 13.7°C, well below the lethal threshold of hypothermia.
Against all odds, After three hours of tireless medical efforts, Anna’s heart began to beat again.
Despite the severe conditions, and despite being clinically dead, her brain had withstood the trauma without irreparable damage.
His case would become a medical phenomenon, Demonstrating the resilience of the human body against extreme hypothermia.
Twelve days after her icy fall, Anna Bågenholm opened her eyes. The hospital room felt unreal, like emerging from a nightmare.
However, the reality was even more disconcerting: She was completely paralyzed from the neck down.
The road to recovery was long and tortuous after being clinically dead. Anna spent 6 weeks in the hospital, followed by 4 months of intensive rehabilitation.
After a constant struggle, he began to walk again. Despite the after-effects, the miracle of his recovery echoed with every step he took.
The case of Anna Bågenholm It aroused astonishment and admiration in the medical community.
Mads Gilbert, the doctor who led his resuscitation, He described it as an exceptional example of survival.
The woman was kept in intensive care for an hour until she was brought back to life thanks to the efforts of the doctors.