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London. >> reporter: 34-year-old audrey mash went hiking with her husband on november 3rd when things took a turn for the worse. the couple got lost. and audrey went into cardiac arrest from severe hypothermia. but six hours after her heart stopped beating, doctors at barcelona vall d'hebron hospital were able to resuscitate her. >> it was amazing. >> i thought she was dead because i was trying to feel for a pulse. my fingers were also numb, so i wasn't sure if it was my fings. i couldn't feel breath or heartbeat or anything. >> reporter: audrey is spain's longest documented cardiac arrest. wh...

Her neurons protecting them from brain death. using this machine, doctors removed all of audrey's blood infusing it with oxygen before reintroducing it to her body. >> translator: her condition was extremely crucial and we were racing with time. >> reporter: 12 days after her ordeal, audrey mash was released from the hospital with only minor tingling in her hands from the cold. >> probably this winter, i won't go to the mountains but i hope in the spring we will start tracking again. i don't want this to takeaway that hobby for me. >> reporter: phil black, cnn, london. >> we'll end on that one...

Hypothermia also might have been key in helping her body survive and later recover. it slowed her brain metabolism allowing the organ to cope better with lack of oxygen. >> a irk mooal. >> reporter: most people whose body go through something similar risk brain damage. audrey mash is a rare and incredible case. victor and amara, back to you. >> incredible part. she didn't get any brain damage. she wasn't breathing. her heart stopped and -- just fine. back to normal. >> six hours. more news straight ahead. >> "smerconish" is next. see you again in one hour. usic) - [narrator] forget about vac...

A british woman spent six hours in cardiac arrest after getting caught in a snowstorm last month. she made a full recovery. >> unbelievable. her doctors say because the freezing conditions that almost killed her likely also saved her life. cnn health reporter jaclqueline howard explains. >> reporter: a really interesting case. 34-year-old audrey mash is now doing well after surviving a six-hour cardiac arrest. last month she was mountain hiking with her husband in spain when they were caught in a snowstorm. she suddenly collapsed. he immediately called emergency services. >> i thought she was ...