Alberta Health Services says a woman considered dead for 30 minutes was brought back to life by doctors using a new device for what’s believed to have been the first time in Canada.
Brenda Crowell of Calgary developed blood clots shortly after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year. Her health deteriorated quickly and, at one point, medical staff spent 25 minutes performing CPR to keep her alive.
« Her blood pressure had bottomed out. It was extremely low. She went into a state of shock and collapse, and some of her organs were failing, » Dr. Jason Wong, an interventional radiologist at Foothills Medical Centre, said at a news conference Thursday. Read more via CBC…