Translation exclusiveThe results of a medical study have revealed strange things patients feel after suffering a heart attack, and it is one of the signs of a near-death experience.
According to the study, paramedics questioned more than 20 patients in the United States and Britain whose hearts suddenly stopped while they were in hospital but then recovered.
The results showed that there were five main themes for the patients’ experiences. This included ‘life evaluation’, such as viewing memories and evaluating how they treated others during their life. Others felt they were ‘headed for a destination” or were aware that CPR was being performed, according to the Daily Mail newspaper”.
For his part, Dr. Sam Parnia, study author and critical care expert at New York Medical Center at NYU Langone Health, said patients can also be aware of activities in the ICU after CPR and listen to their treating doctors.
The British doctor, who has spent two decades investigating what happens when the heart stops, noted that those who have returned from the brink of death have experienced heightened consciousness for decades, but said the findings show this it is the case even when patients are unconscious and “dead”.
Dr. Parnia’s study looked at the experiences of just 53 men and women who received CPR after experiencing cardiac arrest and then recovering, out of 567 first.
As the patients were being revived, brain monitors were connected to them to see if there were any signals that their brain was receiving information. The devices also displayed images on a monitor in front of the patient as they received treatment and played audio clips of words read every five minutes like apples, pears and bananas.
Dr. Parnia explained that while some patients remember specific things, some of the “memories” may have been misinterpreted as medical events. An example of this was a patient who thought he was “burning in hell.”
Dr Parnia said this was probably a reaction to the burning sensation of the potassium drip.
Two of the 28 participants who could be questioned eventually reported hearing medical staff work while they were receiving CPR.
One patient recalled seeing paramedics and feeling his chest massaged, and three patients reported dream experiences, one involving a chant hunter.
