Locked-in - Trapped in one‘s own body (Publications of Christine Kühn foundation for the improvement of the life situation of people with Locked-in-syndrome)

By Karl-Heinz Pantke

"Although I was fully conscious, I could establish no contact with the outside world. I was enclosed - Locked in - a prisoner trapped within my own body. In the ambulance I was pronounced dead. I mean, only a few people are fully conscious of their moment of mortality ! "In March 1995, the 39 yearold physicist Karl-Heinz Pantke suffered a usually fatal brain stroke, resulting in Locked in Syndrome, which led to complete paralysis. Fed by adrip, on an artifi cial respirator, unable to communicate withthe outside world for a long time - yet fully conscious. In this book he clearly describes the different phases of his illness and the treatment, and the long journey back to life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521498091
• ISBN13: 9781521498095
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 7.0"