The Man Who Froze To Death and Came Back To Life

The groundbreaking science of being cold #nevergoinsideagain
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Edited by: Luka Šarlija
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[@AsapSCIENCE]

There's a bit of confusion around the temperatures we used at 3:13 - 4:14 these are all INTERNAL BODY temperatures (not external or outdoor temperatures) Hope that clears things up a little :)

[@daredonkey]

Oh okay! I was going to ask

[@JustAnNPC69]

Was about to ask that hehehe

[@geetugupta7244]

Yeah i was like wth, I'm literally living at a place where the temperature is never above 20 degrees...thx fr explaining!

[@scratchpad7954]

Ugh, 0:48 makes me want to cuddle the furriest electric blanket a bit tighter now!

[@kklin123]

@@geetugupta7244z a

[@roop1801]

The weird part about this is that if they ever find a way to bring these people back, they will have no experience of the time spent in those chambers and will literally feel as if they went to sleep in one and then instantly woke up in the future. Crazy stuff

[@Rytalix]

Meaning we just die 😢

[@mehek44]

🙂

[@Stellarainn]

Thats the best part

[@lilpenguin092]

does that mean i can skip September? like only wake up when it ends?

@@lilpenguin092 good one there 🤘🏽

[@applegal3058]

My grandmother died after she gave birth to my uncle in the 50s. They had her covered in a blanket and told my grandfather that she passed but the baby survived. Someone noticed the blanket on her twitched. They covered her in hot pads, and brought her back to life. She had scars on her shins from the heating pads, and had some rare disease caused by the birth/death. She lived into her mid 80s. Sometimes even doctors get it wrong. Thankfully they do more tests before declaring you dead now.

[@romanski5811]

Was it a doctor who noticed the blanket on her twitched?

[@applegal3058]

@@romanski5811 I think it was one of the nurses who noticed it. At least that's what I remember her saying.

[@TheDrjehr]

Doctors get it wrong more than sometimes. There’s more to learn than the amount we know. Humility is an important quality when practicing medicine.

[@applegal3058]

@@TheDrjehr oh I'm well aware of that too. Doctors are human too.

[@dannyboymwamba]

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[@michiganabigail]

Yeah I fell 70 feet off a cliff and landed in six inches of freezing water. When a helicopter came a few hours later to pick me up, I was hypothermic, but my brain had no swelling. Recovery still sucked, though. I was in a coma for three months and it took me two years to learn to walk again. #blessed

[@michiganabigail]

This was 2016.

[@joanhoffman3702]

And you’re here to tell your tale.

[@AdityaRaj-lj5wf]

woahooo

[@machinesbleed]

that is *wild*. i am so morbidly curious about this stuff. the human body is so fragile but so resilient in oddly specific ways

[@queenielaja2318]

What dpes it feel like being in a coma?

[@NarwhalAcademy]

I dated a paramedic for a while and one of their favorite things to say was “they’re not dead til they’re warm and dead”. 😂 Gave me special appreciation for the cooling blankets when I watched Flatliners recently 😆

[@ooommm4024]

I have heard that joke as a nurse // emergency medical technician. People sometimes get general anesthesia to receive therapeutic hypothermia for 24 hours or less after their heart stops beating and gets restarted. It is done to protect internal organs by reducing metabolic demand // inflammation.

[@cindywong8168]

lol , I have chemistry joke . It is hydro power.

[@jennyreese4913]

In EMS we were taught that someone isn't dead until they are warm and dead for this reason

[@Wintersnow1212]

O M G… I never thought there would be a connection between me loving winter and being absolutely atrocious at sprinting 😅

[@aonirnolaloth]

Same here, i always thought i was bad at sprinting because I'm fat, that's probably still true, but i can handle cold far better than heat, i recall my parents waking me up to close my window because the heating pipes were freezing over.

[@cloverhighfive]

@@aonirnolaloth haha it was 13 °C today and I went out for errands in sandals - and soon enough I can cut the a/c in my room (that gets full sun) in favour of opened windows... up til spring LOL

[@dannyboymwamba]

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[@jonsmith5058]

Can you guys remember a few years back when they were just starting to show themselves on camera and were so reserved and then later came out and it was a drama for some people? Awesome to see them now seeming so comfortable and fabulous.

[@auntyshakira747]

Imagine how happy the Dad was when he no doubt thought his son was Dead, but miraculously was able to be brought bsck to Life. I look forward to seeing my Mum again.

[@Chicgeek2014]

YOURE TELLING ME JACK COULDA BEEN SAVED AFTER ALL?! Someone send this to rose rn

[@antonioguevara1238]

Remember folks "You ain't dead until you're warm and dead!"

[@BkdSlth]

This is a hard nope from me, as a Canadian myself. I don’t mess around with the cold. It gets super bad here sometimes. Lmao

[@peachulemon]

It's wild sometimes, but I love snowboarding 🤣

[@I_am_Allan]

Awww cupcake. 😉 I'll walk to Tim's, in shorts and a hoodie, boots untied and no socks, when it's -15°...and buy a large Ice Capp....🤣🤣

[@BkdSlth]

@@I_am_Allan Is that a flex, or utter stupidity.? 🤷‍♂️ that’s tough

[@I_am_Allan]

@@BkdSlth a bit of both? 🤣

[@BkdSlth]

@@I_am_Allan that’s hilarious 😂

[@dorissaclaire]

“Nobody is death until warm and dead” Grey’s Anatomy taught me that! 😂

[@BkdSlth]

nobody is death?

[@romanski5811]

@@BkdSlth Obviously they meant nobody is died.

[@amberbenson642]

@@romanski5811 Or maybe "dead"

[@siim605]

I have absolutely no idea what this comment means, or how it got 64 likes.

[@BkdSlth]

@@siim605 Agreed. 64 other idiots understood apparently, Maybe we can get one of them to chime in 🤷‍♂️

[@conin.v]

It is really nice to see a new AsapSCIENCE video, after two months.

[@MeagansRandomness]

The genetic polymorphism answers something I've wondered for years! This random guy at my gym would always be wearing shorts no matter the weather, and one time during winter I asked him how he could handle the cold. He told me he decided one day to just, not be cold anymore.

[@JesseSwaney]

I only wear shorts as well. People mention it every day. I just don't like the way pants feel, and I just don't feel cold. Occasionally, I feel cold, but it really has to be gnarly out. Most of the time, it's the wind mixed with the freezing temperatures. But I wear shorts in 0°F. My mother would especially bicker about it. Of course, she just wants to make sure her son is safe. I just have to remind her that I know my body better than anyone else. If I get cold, I will make sure I warm myself up. I wear sweaters and/or jackets. I just rock the shorts at the same time.

[@hechamugre]

How I'm supposed to understand cold science with this hot scientist 🙈

[@DekarNL]

🔥

[@simply-dee1042]

Smooth I guess

[@swaggerdagger8976]

“Ok everybody, CHILL.”

[@MrJwyne]

Icy what you did there. 🧐

[@haze6164]

Daddy chill

[@NaynaSL]

I DEFINITELY skipped that mutation, I look at a picture of snow and I am cold😆

[@escapingmediocrityhub]

Thank you for sharing your thoughtful content…for putting it out there with the passion that many of us need and strive for. I'm starting to listen to you almost every morning. Your voice and words feels real and genuine. I am grateful to have your channel as a source for having a better relationship with myself and the world around me. ❤️❤️

[@indibindylou]

It’s awesome to see a video about the cold after hearing Greg talk about his cold swims on their podcast! Also, the lighting and colours in this video were so satisfying. You both look gorge

[@lilpenguin092]

Futurama was really ahead of it's time

[@theawesomest2850]

Facts and people think Rick and Morty got the intellect 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@juanmassa1480]

You guys are great, thank you so much for the info :)

[@nate-404]

Wow that is a lot of research papers referenced! Yall really put in serious work! Thank you!

[@vanesslifeygo]

"cells become lethargic" I must be frozen, so frozen I can't even feel it, as I'm lethargic as a whole

[@bdr420i]

Honestly the best Columbia ad of all time 😂

[@MacNerfer]

I worked for a heart defibrillator company for a while, and they had another product line where they were making the equipment for doctors to put a person into induced hypothermia and then bring them back out. This was part of their research into cardiac arrest, that basically when a patient was being resuscitated, the temporary loss of oxygen wasn't really what was damaging them, but the sudden reintroduction of oxygen did. So if you could cool them down, then resuscitate them and then warm them back up, they had much better outcomes. Edit: Technically resuscitation from cardio fibrillation (mostly dead), since cardiac arrest is completely dead, as described in the Princess Bride.

[@nihaalnadeem9427]

I still don't know if cold therapy is a scam or not, but now I know we can revive people from cold death.

[@sophiesmith3195]

I appreciate this channel so so much!! I love that I can trust a Chennai that observe and communicate the current literature on fun and common issues! We need more of this!

[@maremacd]

If you have ever been to an emergency room in the US, you may wonder whether emergency personnel and providers would bother spending that much time and effort reviving you, even if the technology were available to them.

[@bksst]

With our profit motivated healthcare system, if you dont have health insurance, they're likely to pronounce you dead before you even arrive to the hospital.

[@ronaldc7372]

theres a machine called the lucas that can do chest compressions in these extended cases. its actually pretty cool

[@loganwolv3393]

I did try showering in the coldest water that my shower can offer, and let's just say it's barely tolerable, i hope that cryo therapy is a bit more tolerable because cold exposure through water is the worst.

[@ramasso]

I'm curious about the cold gene thing. Anedocte: i ALWAYS am the first person to feel an extreme cold when swimming (body feels like frozing, lips getting blue, uncontrolable body shaking) and usually starts around 15 minutes of swimming. But also I am an "excellent sprinter" and at middle school I *always* won the kids "let's bet who gets to _some place_ first?"

[@SiggyMe]

Just watching makes me shiver thanks for goosebumps!

[@giovannidika8523]

Thx 4 explaining this. Eureka!

[@AnimeSlaps]

Why does it feel like science is just looping back and proving the things we instinctively understood as basic tens of thousands of years ago, but now presenting it like a revolutionary discovery 🤔

[@firelord7776]

Well the thing is many things that where thought to be facts thousands of yesrs ago where clearly wrong and science also proved that. So science as a whole checks old methods to see if they are true or not, which in my opinion is a great thing. Because without science we would still also practice on the nonesense theories. Also scientists have discovered many thing that humans even 200 years ago couldnt have dreamed of.

[@DJ3thenew23]

People today deny these basic facts so we have to keep proving them over and over

[@firelord7776]

@@DJ3thenew23 well no. Most of the things science proves where not facts before they where proven, they where merely assumtions. Thats the thing with science. It is the only way to turn an assumtion into a fact. For example, it was not a fact, that cold temperatures could help your body. Some people assumed it and some assumed, that it hurts you more than it helps. But now it is fact, that it has some positive effects. It is still not fact if those outweigh the negative or if they are even substancial.

[@aaronpeart]

I always click on these when I’m uninspired on YT but every time I am fascinated. You lads earned a follow

[@DenisJava]

Love love love the gold dots in those jackets! What a great idea.

[@gabeshaw3721]

I can’t remember if you guys have done a video on fasting (for instance 3 day water fasting) but if you haven’t it would be awesome if you did!

[@LavenderLushLuxury]

Nice video about this scientific research, Topic...!!! 👌👍👏

[@goodguygoddy]

@3:17 it's supposed to be -35°C instead of 35°C

[@anson_tj]

I’m a pretty decent sprinter but also feel super good in winter and cold temperatures. On top of this my body seems to always be producing heat whether the weather is hot or cold my hands always seem to be warm to other people

[@deadaccount6385]

I love the cold but cold water gives me severe anxiety attacks. I was told to try cold water on the back of neck to help with anxiety and my heart rate was 189 from it. It’s weird. I love cold air though. I hate heat because warmer and heat makes me itchy

[@MacNerfer]

That is weird. I grew up on a farm in Minnesota, and would sometimes have to put my hand into freezing water and never thought twice about it. Then I saw something on TV about hypothermia tests, and the reporter had to put her hand into a bucket of ice water. She acted like she was in pain, and I just thought that was weird and frankly unbelievable. But I have since met people who couldn't handle a bit of cold water.

[@deadaccount6385]

@@MacNerfer I’m not 100% sure on this but my best guess for why cold water does that to me Is the multiple times I’ve almost drown. It makes no sense for me to just be afraid of cold water since I’m more comfortable in cold environments so there must be a reason. It’s also possible that the cause happened so long ago that I can’t remember

[@chris123chris82]

As a Canadian born boi ive done some crazy things in the cold. Dont even know how ive made it this far in life when i think about it.

[@chunseye]

We also use "freezing" on the ICU in something called TTM; targeted temperature management. We keep people's core body temperature at 33(-36) degrees Celsius to lower metabolism and prevent reactive oxygen species, so that cells can restore and brain capacity is preserved.

[@Keelsman]

Thanks!

[@semnae]

I think all the temperatures are off in this video. The temperatures you give are very warm. In Celsius, 0 degrees is freezing, and in Fahrenheit, 32 degrees is freezing. 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) is a summer day in Texas.

[@yomammasaurusrex9571]

He's talking about core body temperatures

[@semnae]

@@yomammasaurusrex9571 My mistake, thank you.

[@ajaboo4201]

I adore these Men!! Absolutely Adore them! ❤

[@BradTech.]

Kinda like extending the life o'a fish chilling 🥶

[@jer103]

So, fiction like freezing to wait for healing techniques in the future, or cryosleep like in Halo used in long distance travel, might one day be real and practical.

[@alejandrovallejo4330]

Another indisputable proof that feeling cold or freezing to deaths better than feeling hot or dying from overheat 😂. Edit: Forgott about frostbite, so it’s not much better but still better in my opinion 😬.

[@cosmoshfa88savant66]

I myself would rather die from overheating

[@Mabeylater293]

So much for the winter saying “wear a hat before you catch cold“

[@xpengunx]

Everyday, we get closer to Futurama

[@vgamesx1]

Yet we still don't have unalive booths, what gives? That should be the easiest one to create.

[@TheTrippyCity]

Omniheat jackets from Columbia are great! I live in the snowy Midwest, and have raynaud's syndrome and it keeps me toasty.

[@coutoalberton3123]

Love this Columbia video. But not sure what to think about the Freezing to Death advertisement…

[@miles611]

Please do a video on hot baths! Is Onsen really good for you?

[@matiasadrianmahler322]

Makes me think if the delusional tendency of people undressing themselves when about to die of hypothermia is a natural reflect of the body trying to insta freeze itself to avoid tissue damage

[@backgroundyoutube3686]

Just was learning the song of periodic table, almost halfway 😄

[@RainAngel111]

Anecdotally, I probably have that mutation. I handle cold water pretty well but I've always been a terrible runner. I've taken a DNA test that said I didn't have a gene that makes people better sprinters, but this might be a different gene than the cold specific one.

[@The_Ostrich]

To cheat death is a power only one has achieved....

[@lilpenguin092]

walt disney?

[@Stellarainn]

Voldemort

[@firelord7776]

I am sitting on the edge of my chair, finally tell us. Which non fictional character has cheated death?! I mean the queen died a month ago, so my only guess is gone…

[@Stellarainn]

@@firelord7776 2pac

[@sedled2829]

I hate ads, buts I didn’t mind that one. Good job

[@MrBrave6000HQ]

Great video

[@dorissaclaire]

If I had a nickel for every time “not dead until warm and dead” was said on Grey’s Anatomy…I would legitimately probably have a few dollars.

[@viniciusmoraes9204]

nice videos bro

[@vennom14]

During winter, I put on a jacket in the 20° - 30° F range, and warmer clothes below 20° F

[@Ellie_S]

3:13 Uhmmm, i'm pretty sure, that i'd be dying from the HEAT if i'd be +35 degrees celsius, not from the cold lol

[@KayBeeArr98]

Can you please do a video about if Chiropractors are a scam or not? I have heard different things!

[@portalrunner5580]

Temperatures at 3:30 seem a little suspicious… isn’t 35 C and 32 C pretty hot? Maybe you mean F

[@hasiburrahmanturno5270]

Wow amazing

[@bdr420i]

How killing and resuscitation of an animal is ethical but cloning human is not?

[@I_am_Allan]

... and here I like to sleep beside an open window, when it's -10C (and I wear just boxers, have a top sheet over me, with no comforter. I also often have a fan blowing on me, at the same time.)

[@enigmatmz]

This makes me happy because being cold is the only time I'm happy. I'm a grouchy curmudgeon when it's over 70 degrees and I'm a lifelong Texan. Needless to say, I mostly hate life except for 2 weeks a year. Cold is healthier.

[@nathenwithane]

I'm the opposite also in Texas. I hate anything under 95°f as it's too cold.

[@enigmatmz]

@@nathenwithane my AC tech said the exact same thing yesterday. My power went out during the freeze we had, and during the recent heat wave. It's way easier to warm up and sleep if it's freezing. Being hot, my cats couldn't even handle it.

[@mateoduquelondono]

You've mistaken the temperatures called out in the video. 30 degrees celsius are a very hot day in Florida... Very, very hot

[@WileHeCoyote]

I like the cyberpunk liner in the jackets! Looks neat! Lol I've heard of some kid that fell through the ice in a lake nearby, rescuers got him out over an hour later and he was completely fine... after a long recovery process anyway lol

[@jeromegraff6777]

So am I to believe that the cold therapy can make them "men" again after near freezing ??? Miracles never cease.

[@Suryadevsd]

I saw Gregory at Scollard Street, some days before. He was busy on a call so I couldn't talk to him.

[@gtgrandom]

I love swimming in alpine lakes, and I handle the cold pretty well. But I suck at sprinting 😂

[@Just_A_Little_Kit]

Ya’ll are so flippin cool, got dang✨

[@Neyjina]

We also heavily rely on hypothermia in cardiac surgery.

[@yiannchrst]

tbh when I saw the title I thought you meant cold hands and stethoscopes 😂

[@DemonPig666]

A Wim Hof reference let's go

[@lolololololh941]

This explains why i can barely run without hurting my legs

[@anonymous-7033]

They need to research this more.

[@AshtonScorpius]

I kinda wish this video mentioned cold urticaria. For people with it, direct exposure to the cold causes welts/swelling on the body, and even anaphylaxis in severe cases. I hope future medical professionals are careful before clearing someone for cold therapy and other cold treatment. I have the condition, and watching this video just made my skin itchy 😅

[@GameRecognizegame]

What is a republic? Like nations that live that way? Maybe a video on that ?

[@scottfraser7118]

Hold it there☹️

[@georgebisson628]

Cold showers have made me feel better in many ways, I don’t even take hot or even warm showers anymore. East coast of Canada in mid October, shower is plenty cold, can’t even imagine January. I know there isn’t much science, I wish there was, because I’m always looking for solid evidence. This is one of those things I’m going by feel. I do feel better and definitely stronger mentality and physically from this endeavour.

[@FuturMage]

How long did it take you to get to that point? I once did cold showers for a month but I can't claim I felt any better or that I dreaded the cold showers less..

[@georgebisson628]

@@FuturMage hmm I’ve been doing them since June. I exercise and train a lot between a few different endeavours, so I find it very helpful after working out hard. I’m also a big guy, 6’3, 255 pounds. So I naturally run warmer than a lot of people. But even when I have them in the morning without the exercise it’s my preferred method now. It’s still uncomfortable, don’t get me wrong. But it’s very tolerable, and it’s worth the feeling I get. I usually do 5 minutes. I can imagine cold showers are not for everyone and for many reasons, but I enjoy them. 🤙

[@evandugas7888]

Omg I am from there too Nova Scotia?

[@bumblebee9019]

Thanks for the incessant Columbia ads

[@singingblueberry]

I can't handle the cold at all, up to a point where I need a heating pad whenever sitting or laying down in the winter (in heated buildings!), and I'm also a terrible sprinter. I think I just lost at genetics lol

[@aanchaallllllll]

0:00: 🥶 Freezing to death and being successfully thawed out has become increasingly common with modern science, leading to a new field of cutting-edge medicine. 2:54: ⛄ Freezing to death can cause severe cellular damage and even death, but cold therapy can trigger genes and hormones that may extend life. 6:56: ⛄ Hypothermia can sometimes protect the body from lethal damage and allow for successful resuscitation. 8:41: ❄ Scientists are exploring the use of cold temperatures to revive the body and improve muscle response in extreme situations. Recap by Tammy AI

[@rushtwins1]

Wait this video is so cool! For lack of a better word 🤭

[@deadaccount6385]

I think I might have that gene to handle cold better. I can handle 28° F (-2° C) for a few hours before it starts to affect me. The only reason I can’t handle cold water is past trauma. I also can’t run or sprint well at all. Is there way to test for that gene?

[@daredonkey]

I think you should visit Canada when it is -40°C with wind hahaha. You could be right though, you may be able to handle cold better than average

[@kwongkian]

I have to admit, this is a cool video.

[@jonathanhadden8199]

Can that cooling technology be modified and used to put people into suspended animation for months or years. Pump oxygenated and nutrient rich blood throught body at say 38°f

[@by9917]

too much of an ad

[@sihplak]

God I would hate that. I'd rather overheat than freeze any day.

[@AE_Sub]

Waiting for a news article about them reviving one of the victims of Mt Everest from 50+ years ago

[@Cozmonimbus]

I wonder if there's a way to find out whether I have the genetic polymorphism of the ACT-N3 gene!

[@tom4od]

I think the ad to video ratio was a bit long in this one

[@TheMegan0813]

They did a Scorpion episode on this! So interesting

[@BillyByeah]

Why did u change thumbnail ? was it missleading before ?

[@tigercraft-thatguy]

The thing is I’m bad at sprinting and cold isn’t really a problem for me