Every surgical team will at times be called on to face the serious responsibility of sudden cardiac arrest in the operating room. Such a catastrophe may develop at any point in the procedure—during preliminary preparation, during induction of anesthesia, during the operation or during certain essential postoperative procedures. The exact physiologic mechanisms involved may be extremely difficult to analyze either at the time or later, after deliberate and full consideration. Prompt, adequate and properly selected methods of stimulating the return of cardiac function, maintaining adequate cerebral oxygenation, are essential in order to save the lives of these patients. However, the exact choice of these procedures and the possibility of their application under the existing circumstances are often difficult. As a result, routine measures and cardiants are applied, frequently without success. Primarily because of this uncertainty in management and results, we have been prompted to report the following case and its