Media Report

By CHRISTIANDOUGHERTY
MELBOURNE: A Victorian
and LUCIEVAN DENBERG
man who was clinically dead
for 40 minutes has been
brought back to life thanks to
an Australian-first resuscitation
technique.
Dandenong’s Colin Fiedler,
39, was one of three cardiac
arrest patients brought back
to life after being dead for between
40-60 minutes at The
Alfred Hospital using two
new techniques in the emergency
department.
It is trialling a mechanical
CPR machine that performs
constant chest compressions,
and a portable heart lung machine
— normally only used
in theatre — to keep oxygen
and blood flowing continuously
to the patient’s brain
and other vital organs.
Mr Fiedler had a heart attack
and was clinically dead
for 40 minutes before being
revived last June.
‘‘I’m so grateful, more than
I could ever say,’’ he said.
So far seven cardiac arrest
patients have been treated
with the AutoPulse machine
and with the extra-corporeal
membrane oxygenation
system.
Three patients have been
successfully revived after
being clinically dead for
40-60 minutes.
Since his heart attack, Mr
Fiedler has turned over a new
leaf, quitting smoking and
no longer sweating the
small stuff.
Currently the system was
only available at the Alfred,
but senior intensive care
physician Professor Stephen
Bernard said the results from
the first two years of the trial
were exciting and he hoped to
eventually expand the system
across Melbourne.
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By CHRISTIANDOUGHERTY
and LUCIEVAN DENBERG
MELBOURNE: A Victorian
man who was clinically dead
for 40 minutes has been
brought back to life thanks to
an Australian-first resuscitation
technique.
Dandenong’s Colin Fiedler,
39, was one of three cardiac
arrest patients brought back
to life after being dead for between
40-60 minutes at The
Alfred Hospital using two
new techniques in the emergency
department.
It is trialling a mechanical
CPR machine that performs
constant chest compressions,
and a portable heart lung machine
— normally only used
in theatre — to keep oxygen
and blood flowing continuously
to the patient’s brain
and other vital organs.
Mr Fiedler had a heart attack
and was clinically dead
for 40 minutes before being
revived last June.
‘‘I’m so grateful, more than
I could ever say,’’ he said.
So far seven cardiac arrest
patients have been treated
with the AutoPulse machine
and with the extra-corporeal
membrane oxygenation
system.
Three patients have been
successfully revived after
being clinically dead for
40-60 minutes.
Since his heart attack, Mr
Fiedler has turned over a new
leaf, quitting smoking and
no longer sweating the
small stuff.
Currently the system was
only available at the Alfred,
but senior intensive care
physician Professor Stephen
Bernard said the results from
the first two years of the trial
were exciting and he hoped to
eventually expand the system
across Melbourne.