 Despite the severe damage to Bågenholm 's body , no permanent brain damage was diagnosed . Gilbert commented on this : " Her body had time to cool down completely before the heart stopped . Her brain was so cold when the heart stopped that the brain cells needed very little oxygen , so the brain could survive for quite a prolonged time . " Gilbert also noted that therapeutic hypothermia , a method used to save victims of circulatory arrest by lowering their body temperature , has become more frequent at Norwegian hospitals after Bågenholm 's case gained fame . 
