"...
That procedure is called extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation, and it involves taking blood out of a
person's body, warming it and pumping it with oxygen,
then putting it back in. Dr. James Wu, the surgeon who
did the procedure, says the freezing temps actually
helped Justin. "Very low temperatures … can preserve the
brain and other organ functions," he said at the news
conference, per ABC. It took Justin 15 days to come out
of his coma, per CBS, and he lost his toes and pinkies to
frostbite, but he suffered no apparent brain damage.
..."
http://m.newser.com/story/219279/docs-bring-back-miracle-man-frozen-in-snow.html
