Anna Bågenholm
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Anna Elisabeth Johansson Bågenholm[2] (born 1970) is a Swedish radiologist from Vänersborg, who survived after a skiing accident in 1999 left her trapped under a layer of ice for 80 minutes in freezing water. During this time she experienced extreme hypothermia and her body temperature decreased to 13.7 °C (56.7 °F), one of the lowest survived body temperatures ever recorded in a human with accidental hypothermia.[3] Bågenholm was able to find an air pocket under the ice, but experienced circulatory arrest after 40 minutes in the water.
Anna Bågenholm | |
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Born | Anna Elisabeth Johansson Bågenholm 1970 (age 53–54) |
Occupation | Radiologist |
Known for | Lowest survived body temperature ever recorded in an adult with accidental hypothermia |
Partner | Torvind Næsheim[1] |
After rescue, Bågenholm was transported by helicopter to the Tromsø University Hospital, where a team of more than a hundred doctors and nurses worked in shifts for nine hours to save her life. Bågenholm woke up ten days after the accident, paralyzed from the neck down and subsequently spent two months recovering in an intensive care unit. Although she has made an almost full recovery from the incident, late in 2009 she was still having minor symptoms in hands and feet related to nerve injury. Bågenholm's case has been discussed in the leading British medical journal The Lancet,[4] and in medical textbooks.