Woman wakes up 18 hrs after pronounced

[Guest]

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this story is pretty crazy

Edited May 22, 2008 by vacguy

[oilflame 0]

wow !

[EJS1810 7]

A woman with no brain activity for over 17 hours, This is news.......How?

[Bababoosky 24]

Thats simply amazing, especially because Rigor Mortis does not even BEGIN to set in for 6 hours, and even then, its minimal.

[Guest feraldan]

Rigor mortis onset depends on the environment. Its general onset is closer to 3 hours in most cases.

[ny10570 745]

yeah, there's something missing here. First, I don't know of any ER's that monitor brain function in cardiac arrests and second there's no concrete evidence that external brain monitoring works for sedation monitoring so I'm willing to be its equally ineffective in this setting.