A young woman died this Monday in a gym of the 11ᵉ arrondissement of Paris, after a nitrogen leak in a cryotherapy cabin. Another person is still between life and death.
An investigation was opened after the death of an employee of the sports hall on Air, boulevard Voltaire in Paris, which occurred on Monday April 14 at the end of the afternoon. The 29 -year -old victim died during a cryotherapy session, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. Another person, client of the establishment, 34, was hospitalized in serious condition, with a committed vital prognosis.
The emergency services intervened around 6:20 p.m. to take charge of two people in cardiopulmonary arrest. Despite the care, one could not be revived. Three other people, involved in first aid, were taken to the hospital in relative emergency.
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Nitrogen leakage
According to the first elements, a nitrogen leak in the cryotherapy cabin is behind the drama. This odorless gas causes a decrease in ambient oxygen that can cause asphyxiation. The machine would have been the subject of technical repair earlier in the day, confirmed a source close to the survey.
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The deceased victim was employed in the room. The other intoxicated person, a client, was transferred to the Lariboisière hospital. The establishment had around 150 people at the time of the facts, all evacuated as a precaution.
-110 °C
A survey in search of the causes of death was opened by the prosecution and entrusted to the police station of the 11ᵉ arrondissement, in co-saisine with the labor inspectorate. Autopsy and toxicological analyzes have been ordered.
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Cryotherapy, a “cold therapy” technique, is supposed to improve muscle recovery or relieve certain pain. It consists in exposing the body to extreme temperatures, sometimes lower than -110 ° C, for a few minutes in cabins filled with nitrogen.
But its use in the gym raises questions. The Court of Cassation recently recalled that cryotherapy can only be practiced by a doctor, failing which it is an illegal exercise in medicine.
