They found that nearly 40 percent of people who survived described some type of ‘awareness’ during the time they were pronounced clinically dead, before their hearts were restarted.
One remarkable story came from a 57 year old man who, despite being unconsciousness and dead, recalled watching the entire process of his resuscitation.
According to the authors, in a release by the University of Southampton, “The recalled experience surrounding death merits a genuine investigation without prejudice.”
“We know the brain can’t function when the heart has stopped beating, but in this case, conscious awareness appears to have continued for up to three minutes into the period when the heart wasn’t beating, even though the brain typically shuts down within 20-30 seconds after the heart has stopped. The man described everything that had happened in the room, but importantly, he heard two bleeps from a machine that makes a noise at three minute intervals. So we could time how long the experienced lasted for. He seemed very credible and everything that he said had happened to him had actually happened.”
“This is significant, since it has often been
assumed that experiences in relation to death are likely hallucinations
or illusions, occurring either before the heart stops or after the
heart has been successfully restarted, but not an experience
corresponding with ‘real’ events when the heart isn’t beating.” ...<<<Read More>>>...