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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Ep. 45 | The Buried Brain/Killer Jetlag

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

“The Buried Brain”

A young man barely survives being trapped in an avalanche while on a ski trip. Then, his recovery is derailed when he starts suffering from mysterious seizures. When his doctors find out what’s triggering them, they’re shocked and amazed.


“Killer Jetlag”

A young woman comes home from studying in Ghana, ready to enjoy a relaxing summer. But soon, she starts experiencing horrifying nightmares – and finds herself on the verge of death.


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Hey Prime members, you can binge episodes 41 through 48 of Mr.

0:04.3

Boland's medical mysteries right now and add free on Amazon music. Download the

0:09.2

app today. A paramedic

0:18.6

knelt on the side of a snowy mountain frantically digging into the deep powder. The sun was already low in the sky, which

0:24.4

made him all the more desperate. He normally didn't work in the Alpine backcountry,

0:28.6

and in fact he wasn't actually on duty at all. He was on a ski trip with a friend and they decided to ski away from the

0:35.1

mark slopes at the resort and now his friend was trapped somewhere underneath

0:39.3

all this snow. The paramedic redoubled his efforts knowing that every second counted.

0:44.7

His arms were burning with fatigue, but he just kept on digging.

0:48.0

Finally, his gloved hand brushed against something soft and fleshy, so feeling excited the paramedic used both

0:54.2

hands and whipped away the snow until finally he could barely see the side of his friend's

0:58.7

face and so he kept on digging and then when he saw his friend snow suspenders he just reached

1:03.6

down and grabbed them and yanked his friend all the way out. But right away the

1:08.6

paramedic could see his friend was not breathing and so he flung himself down and began administering CPR

1:14.1

while begging his friend to please just breathe but as he continued doing CPR the

1:19.6

paramedic knew his friend had been buried for 15 minutes, which was certainly long enough to do

1:24.7

permanent brain damage if his friend even survived at all. Hey podcast listeners. Have you heard? You can listen to your favorite

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