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Old 03-27-2008, 11:49 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by W.M.DEEEZ View Post
I seem to remember that the colder you are...the better...slows down brain activity.


I believe they lower your body temp on purpose, to prevent brain damage...


Cardio Pick-Me-Up - Forbes.com



They turned to cooling. There is a growing acceptance among doctors throughout the U.S. that cooling a patient's body temperature can reduce brain damage as well as other bodily damage. When Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett suffered a severe spinal cord injury last month, ice cold saline was pumped into his veins to lower his body temperature, according to news reports. Although patient privacy rules have made details scarce, doctors are speculating that the cooling may have helped protect Everett's spinal cord. Other early studies have shown that bringing down body temperature helps patients who've suffered from heart attacks and strokes
I think it had something to do with hypothermia but mainly they were worried about the lack of oxygen to the brain. In any case his brain was affected as he had to go through some therapy but he eventually made a full recovery.

How crazy would it be though to wake up in a hospital not knowing how you got there and see you body floating lifeless in a river on the TV?
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