Jean Hilliard
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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I read about this a while back, incredible story. She wasn’t frozen solid as her body temperate was below normal but a fair bit above freezing & she still had a pulse and was faintly breathing but her muscles were all rigid due to hypothermia which gave the appearance of being frozen sold.
Still incredible that she survived and even more that she didn’t even lose a single finger or toe.
As they say “they ain’t dead until they’re warm and dead.”
How did she not get frostbite?
The medical team’s dedication and innovation played a crucial role in Jean’s recovery. Truly remarkable!
She didn’t just survive winter—she respawned.
this case is wild – imagine surviving being literally frozen solid! The human body is incredibly resilient.
Game not quite over!
Replicate this in a lab and we might be on to something,but I somehow think they’ve already mastered this
Anyone else think that was a picture of ST:TNG’s Data on the right?
This reminds me of the story about the female skier Jean Hilliard who crashed falling into a river. Her body was rapidly cooled so fast that her heartbeat was undetectable but thankfully the cold preserved her brain and other cells from death.
She was warmed up at hospital and treats and went on to make a full recovery.
I may have the details a little incorrect but here is her story. Rapid cooling of the brain/body is now used in some surgeries to protect cells against death.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLr15BBBtrc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLr15BBBtrc)
Of course she didn’t die. Someone has to pay those medical bills!
ooo boy would l be living in a warm er climate now you betcha
Humans are tough.
Americans in replies “Bro that’s nothing it gets to -23F here”.
Now I am amazed!!
There’s no way she was “frozen solid” literally and survived.
I thought that was Data from star trek in the second photo!
Just looking up more photos… how did she not go blind, I get that she wasn’t frozen solid, but her eyeballs !!!
Remember kids you ain’t dead until you’re warm and dead.
She didn’t “Let it go…. “
For the past 37 years, the story has been retold over and over again on late-night television, until it finally turns out that Joan was frozen solid.And she was defrosted by electric heated blanket.Just WOW!
What’s that cost like 20 million in the US health care system!?
The cold saved her brain.
And she got an almost 2 month nap
Cool
Super cool
She would’ve recovered in half the time, but the electric blankets they used had a fifteen minute shut off feature
Bet they used an IO for warm fluids and such
A condition now known as the Hillardsicle
What’s that saying? You’re not dead until you’re warm and dead.
Imagine telling your grandkids this story
Thought the picture on the right was Data from Star Trek
Later a married mom of 3. You suppose her kids were always asking her to do her freezing trick for their friends?
This is how people will get to Alpha Centauri. Maybe. Otherwise not a chance.
How in the fuck is that possible, jesus christ she has plot armor quite literally.
I thought the picture on the right was Data
Found frozen solid in sub-zero temperatures and still survived! That’s pretty fucking badass if you ask me!
No way in hell this is real, -30 Celsius? Screams like a fake
why would they be trying to put a hypodermic needle into somebody that was frozen solid? Doesn’t add up.
Nobody survives being frozen solid.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/25/jean-hilliard-northern-minnesota-frozen-survived
We have been able to freeze hamsters and revive them in the past. But because there’s no way way to freeze and defrost a human fat enough without damage it will never work for humans