MELBOURNE, - Thanks to a new resuscitation technique was first performed in Australia, a citizen who has been dormant for 40 minutes managed to come back to life.
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| Colin Fiedler suffered a heart attack at the age of 39 years old and lives again after 45 minutes |
Colin Fiedler (39) from Melbourne is one of the three patients who had a heart attack and has been dormant for 40 to 60 minutes, which was saved at The Alfred Hospital Melbourne.
According to the Herald Sun on Monday (5/13/2013) Hospital emergency department is using two new technologies to help patients who are dying.
The Alfred Hospital is being piloted CPR machine can apply pressure to the patient's chest repeatedly, and the heart-lung machine portable lung which usually only used in the operating room, to pump oxygen and blood to the brain and other vital parts of the patient's body.
In June last year, Colin Fiedler had a heart attack and suspended animation for 40 minutes before successfully "revived". "There's nothing I can say more than gratitude and thanks," Fiedler told the Herald Sun.
So far, 7 patients were treated using AutoPulse machine and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Three patients were rescued after a near-death between 40 to 60 minutes. In the future, doctors can diagnose the cause of the cessation of heart function and provide a solution, but the flow of oxygen and blood to the brain and other vital equipment running, thereby reducing the possibility of permanent disability.
According to the Reuters correspondent in Australia Sastra Wijaya L, Fiedler was one of the three patients who were rescued and suffered no permanent disability. When rescued by ambulance, Fiedler asked which hospital to be going.
"I do not know why I chose The Alfred. Hospital I was lucky because it was the only one who has the machines." Fiedler said.
The Alfred currently only having two devices. However, a senior emergency doctor Prof Stephen Bernard said the trial results during the last two years showed satisfactory results, and he hoped this system will be implemented in the whole of Melbourne.