Near-Death Experiences During CPR: An Impetus for Better Care

In a complementary cross-sectional study, 126 community cardiac arrest survivors reported similar experiences plus a fifth type, "delusions," or "misattribution of medical events," for example, "I heard my name, over and over again. All around me were things like demons and monsters. It felt like they were trying to tear off my body parts."

In that study of 157 in-hospital patients with cardiac arrest from 25 centers in the United States and United Kingdom, 53 survived, 28 of those survivors were interviewed, and 11 reported memories or perceptions suggestive of consciousness.

Four types of experiences occurred:

  1. Recalled experiences of death: "I thought I heard my grandma [who had passed] saying 'you need to go back.'"
  2. Emergence from coma during CPR/CPR-induced consciousness: "I remember when I came back and they were putting those two electrodes to my chest, and I remember the shock."
  3. Emergence from coma in the post-resuscitation period: "I heard my partner saying [patient's name] and my son saying 'mom.'"
  4. Dreams and dream-like experiences: "[I] felt as though someone was holding my hand. It was very black; I couldn't see anything."

In a complementary cross-sectional study, 126 community cardiac arrest survivors reported similar experiences plus a fifth type, "delusions," or "misattribution of medical events," for example, "I heard my name, over and over again. All around me were things like demons and monsters. It felt like they were trying to tear off my body parts.

 

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