Sometimes it is the living who harass the dead.
A primary care doctor in New York is redefining the phrase “life after death” after discovering that the brain remains active even after the heart stops, a morbid study in the journal Resuscitation details.
This means the so-called dead are likely to hear doctors announce their time of death after doctors halt resuscitation efforts, the Daily Mail reported.
The patients’ brains showed high levels of activity even after their hearts stopped beating. Maradek – stock.adobe.com
“them [the survivors] “It feels like they are completely conscious,” said Dr. Parnia. Golodenkov – stock.adobe.com
Dr. Sam Parnia of NYU Langone Medical Center revealed this chilling fact. He has spoken with patients who were brought back to life after being declared clinically dead – when their hearts stopped – and found that they could recall what happened in the room with astonishing accuracy.
In this Frankenstein-like study, Parnia explained why their postmortem memories were so clear—because “normal and near-normal brain activity was found within an hour of resuscitation,” he previously told The Washington Post.
“Not only were we able to show markers of waking consciousness, we were also able to show that these experiences are unique and universal,” he said. “They are different from dreams, hallucinations and delusions.” This seems inconsistent with the way doctors declare patients dead when they stop the clock.
To uncover this surprising disconnect between the heart and the mind, Parnia and his team examined the brain activity and consciousness of 53 patients who survived cardiac arrest at 25 hospitals, mostly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Patients showed brain wave spikes associated with higher cognitive function during CPR. teerapon – stock.adobe.com
According to the video, up to 40% of participants reported having memories or conscious thoughts.
“At the time of death, they have a sense that they are separate from the body,” Dr. Parnia said, “and then they can move around. But they are in it. [hospital] In the room, they were gathering information. They feel completely conscious. “
Clinically dead patients also had spikes in gamma, delta, theta, alpha and beta brain waves associated with thought and consciousness, as determined by an electroencephalogram (a device that uses electrodes to record brain activity). These occur 35 to 60 minutes after the patient’s heart stops beating.
From this, Dr. Parnia concluded: The brain is surprisingly durable.
“While doctors have long believed that permanent damage to the brain occurs about 10 minutes after the heart stops supplying oxygen, our study found that with continued CPR, the brain can show signs of electrical recovery,” he said in a statement.
In fact, the brain not only survives but also functions at a high level.
Like a seemingly dead computer rebooting, this neural surge is thought to induce a state of hyperfocus, which may explain why people may hear details of their surroundings – including doctors’ death pronouncements – even though their bodies are technically dead.
This burst of energy also allows these resurrected beings to access everything in their minds at once, so they feel like their lives are flashing before their eyes.
“When the brain shuts down, due to the lack of blood flow at death, the normal braking system in the brain is removed, called disinhibition,” Dr. Parnia explained. “This allows people to understand their entire consciousness. All their thoughts, memories, all their emotional states, everything they’ve ever done, they relive through a moral and ethical lens.”
In addition to satisfying morbid curiosity, this groundbreaking research may change the way doctors restart hearts or treat brain damage caused by cardiac arrest.
