Accidental best neurocritical care in the Andes
2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s1474-4422(09)70186-3
ISSN1474-4465
Autores Tópico(s)Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
ResumoOn Oct 13, 1972, at the age of 19 years, Fernando “Nando” Parrado was travelling to Chile. While flying over the Andes, Parrado heard a loud noise before he fell into a coma. The rest of Parrado's ordeal before his rescue has been reported in books, movies, and thousands of articles. 1 Read PP Alive: the story of the Andes survivors. Harper & Row Publishers, 1974 Google Scholar , 2 Parrado F Rause V Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona2006 Google Scholar , 3 Marshall director, F Alive: the miracle of the Andes. 1993; Google Scholar Owing to poor visibility, the pilot had crashed into a mountain. The front half of the plane continued its trajectory to a miraculous landing on a mountain slope and violently stopped against an ice wall. The 29 shocked survivors thought it would be only a matter of hours before rescue teams would show up; however, days went by without the expected help. They covered the opened fuselage with luggage bags and briefly heated the interior by burning their dollar notes. On the tenth day, they heard on a radio that the search and rescue mission for them had been abandoned. At an altitude of close to 4000 m, there was no food available and, confronted with a life or death situation, the group decided to ensure that they had the calories they needed for survival by eating the remains of the dead passengers. Two survivors were medical students who undertook the task of providing rations for them all.
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