Jean Hilliard

Jean Hilliard (born 1960), from Lengby, Minnesota, is a survivor of a severe 6-hour freezing during the nighttime after a car accident in rural northwestern Minnesota, United States left her car inoperable in sub-zero temperatures. She survived and her recovery was described as "a miracle".[1][2]

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 −22 °F (−30 °C) and she was found "frozen stiff" 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.[3]

She was wrapped in an electric blanket. After 49 days she left the hospital with no permanent damage to the brain or body besides frostbite.

References

  1. ↑ AP (3 January 1981). "DAKOTA TEEN-AGER RECOVERS AFTER BEING 'FROZEN STIFF'". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ↑ Geri Harrington (November 1981). Total warmth: the complete guide to winter well-being. Collier Books. ISBN 978-0-02-080070-5.
  3. ↑ AP (1981-01-09). "Physicians Say Frozen Survivors Not So Rare". Herald-Journal. The Spartanburg Herald. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
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