Survival after judicial hanging.
Hanging is known not only as a common method of suicide but also as a capital punishment method in some countries. Although several cases have been reported to survive after the attempted suicidal/accidental hanging, to the extent of our knowledge, no modern case of survival after judicial hanging exists. We reported a case of an individual who revived after modern judicial hanging despite being declared dead. The case was admitted with poor clinical presentations and the Glasgow Coma Scale of 6/15. The victim received all the standard supportive intensive care and gained complete clinical recovery.
From the *Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad; and †Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnord, Iran.
Mohsen
M
Sabermoghaddam
Mohsen
M
Abad
Ebrahim
E
Golmakani
Nasrollah
N
Mozaffari
D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002203:Capital Punishment; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011329:Prisoners; D055986:Vital Signs