Jean Hilliard

Jean Hilliard (born 1961) from Lengby, Minnesota is a survivor of a severe 6 hours freezing after a car accident in rural northwestern Minnesota during the nighttime left her car inoperable in sub zero temperatures. She survived and her recovery was described as "a miracle".[1][2][3]

Accident

On December 20, 1980, Jean Hilliard was involved in a car accident which resulted in car failure in sub zero temperatures. She walked to a friend's house 2 miles away and collapsed 15 feet outside of the door. Temperatures dropped to -30 °C (-22 °F) and she was found frozen solid at 7 a.m. after six hours in the cold. She was transported to Fosston Hospital where doctors said her skin was too hard to pierce with a hypodermic needle and her body temperature was too low to register on a thermometer. Her face was ashen and her eyes were solid with no response to light. Her pulse was slowed to approximately 12 beats per minute.[4]

She was wrapped in an electric blanket. After 49 days she awoke with no permanent damage to the brain or body besides frostbite.[5]

References

  1. ↑ AP (3 January 1981). "DAKOTA TEEN-AGER RECOVERS AFTER BEING 'FROZEN STIFF'". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ↑ K.S. Anthony (2015-02-15). "When This 19-Year-Old Was Brought To The Hospital, She Was Frozen Solid. Then Something Unexplainable Happened.". A+ (aplus.com). Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. ↑ Geri Harrington (November 1981). Total warmth: the complete guide to winter well-being. Collier Books. ISBN 978-0-02-080070-5.
  4. ↑ AP (1981-01-09). "Physicians Say Frozen Survivors Not So Rare". Herald-Journal (The Spartanburg Herald). Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  5. ↑ "She Showed Up In The Hospital Frozen Solid. Doctors Can't Decipher What Followed". The San Francisco Globe. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
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