Overview
- Rescuers found 18-year-old Jiri Marzi off-course between Sasso Bellora and Monte Bregagno around 18:10 in cardiac arrest with a core temperature of about 21°C.
- He was airlifted to Papa Giovanni XXIII in Bergamo and connected to ECMO 17 minutes after arrival, remaining on the circuit for six days.
- Accounts differ on the length of cardiac arrest, ranging from roughly one hour to 90 minutes, as severe hypothermia slowed his metabolism and extended the resuscitation window.
- The operation was coordinated by Areu with Soccorso Alpino, Vigili del Fuoco, helicopter crews from Como and Sondrio, and the hospital’s ECMO specialists.
- Marzi has returned to school and to playing piano with only minor fingertip effects after intensive care, a ward stay, and rehabilitation.