How to Chill a Brain

1. HOOK IT UP A paramedic slides the RhinoChill tubes up the nostrils and into the nasal cavity.
2. SPRAY A gas propellant drives perfluorocarbon coolant through the tube, which turns it into a fine mist.
3. COLD RUSH The mist settles on nasal-cavity and upper-throat membranes and evaporates instantly, cooling the blood running to the brain to lower its temperature to 93.2ºF in 90 minutes

Freeze Brain Through Nose To Save Lives

A new medical gadget developed by Benechill allows EMT’s and other rescue workers to cool patients brains on the go preventing serious brain damage. The device called Rhinochill releases a fast evaporating liquid up the nose of the patient where it helps cool the brain. In  a study of 200 patients, those who where given Rhinochill were 15% more likely to live. Survivors were also 15% more likely to avoid brain damage

800 Year Old Brain Found With Some Cells Intact

                                                                 
Not quite suspended animation but still an interesting survival story. Scientists in France have found intact braincells within an 800 year old petrified brain. Here’s the breakdown:

he brain is so well preserved that the researchers were able to perform far more tests on it than were possible with similar specimens found previously. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the gross anatomical features of the organ, clearly showing the central sulcus, which separates the frontal and parietal lobes, and the corpus callosum, the  huge bundle of nerve fibres connecting the left and right hemispheres. The grey and white matter, which are made up respectively of cell bodies and axon bundles enveloped in fatty insulating tissue, could easily be distinguished from one another.