title: Hypothermic cardiac arrest far away from the center providing rewarming with extracorporeal circulation.
abstract: A 41-year-old man suffered hypothermic cardiac arrest after water immersion and was transported to our university hospital by ambulance helicopter for rewarming on cardiopulmonary bypass. He resumed spontaneous cardiac activity 6 h 52 min after cardiac arrest and recovered completely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medical Services, University Hospital of North Norway, Trom-sø, Norway. lars.bjertnaes@uit.no.
authors.forename: Eckhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mark
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kjerstad
authors.forename: Torvind
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naesheim
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busund
authors.forename: Ramez
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bahar
authors.forename: Jon Kjetil
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Per Kristian
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Skorpen
authors.forename: Lars J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Bjertnaes