MELBOURNE, Australia -- A man who was clinically dead for 40 minutes has been brought back to life using a new mechanical CPR machine.
The machine performs constant chest compressions, and a portable heart-lung machine keeps oxygen and blood flowing to the patient's brain and vital organs.
Colin Fiedler, 39, from Victoria, was one of three cardiac arrest patients brought back to life after being dead for between 40 and 60 minutes at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne, using two new techniques in the emergency department.
Fiedler had a heart attack and was clinically dead for 40 minutes before being revived last June.
"I'm so grateful, more than I could ever say," he told the Herald Sun.
Fiedler was treated and released with no permanent disability.
Source: Fox News Health
The machine performs constant chest compressions, and a portable heart-lung machine keeps oxygen and blood flowing to the patient's brain and vital organs.
Colin Fiedler, 39, from Victoria, was one of three cardiac arrest patients brought back to life after being dead for between 40 and 60 minutes at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne, using two new techniques in the emergency department.
Fiedler had a heart attack and was clinically dead for 40 minutes before being revived last June.
"I'm so grateful, more than I could ever say," he told the Herald Sun.
Fiedler was treated and released with no permanent disability.
Source: Fox News Health