NEWTON: Doctors in Spain are baffled after a British woman suffered a six hour cardiac arrest and survived. Audrey Schoeman was caught in a snowstorm while hiking the Pyrenees mountain range with her husband. She suffered severe hypothermia, which ironically, was really the condition that saved her life. That's because the extreme drop in body temperature that stopped her heart, also slowed her brain metabolism. Now doctors told CNN that the human brain usually suffers irreparable damage if the heart stops beating for just five minutes. Audrey survived for six hours. They say, she will, in fact, be returning to work on Monday, just over a month after this incident. And suffice it to say she will have very interesting tea breaks and a lively conversation when she does get back there. Extraordinary, really. I'm Paula Newton in for Bianca Nobilo on THE BRIEF. WORLD SPORT is up next. END
'Miracle' Woman Survives Six-Hour Cardiac Arrest.