This research especially included those people who survived even after cardiac arrest i.e. sudden stopping of the heart. These patients shared their experiences, which were very shocking. Many people told that even when their heart had stopped beating, they could still hear sounds around them. The most interesting thing was that most people heard almost the same things. Many patients told that they heard doctors saying sentences like Time of death, We've lost him, Hes gone or Declare the time of death. That means, even when the doctors were declaring him dead, he was able to hear those words. This indicates that even after the heartbeat stops, a person's hearing ability does not completely disappear for some time.
This finding is part of a larger research, which included hundreds of cardiac arrest patients. More than 40% of these people said that they experienced some form of consciousness during CPR. Some people had only vague memories, while others remembered very clearly the doctors' conversations, the sounds of the machines and the activities happening around them. The experiences of some patients were even more interesting. He told that he felt as if he was separated from his body and watching everything from above. He saw the doctors trying to save themselves and also heard their conversation.
Heart remains active after heart failure
Such experiences are called experiences occurring close to each other. According to the researcher, these experiences cannot be mere illusion or imagination. Earlier it was believed that the brain stops functioning within a few minutes of the heart stopping and becomes permanently damaged, but the results of this new study challenge this belief. It was found that even after the heart stops, the brain can remain active for some time.
During this time, such waves were seen in the brain, which are normally associated with the process of thinking and understanding. This may mean that at that time the brain reaches a special state, which can be called a super-focused state. In this situation the person can feel the sounds around him more clearly. A patient told that he clearly heard that the doctors were declaring him dead. While another remembered the entire team's conversation, in which they were discussing his situation. These experiences indicate that consciousness does not completely disappear as death approaches, but may become activated in a different way.
This research is not only important for medical science, but it also deeply affects our understanding of life and death. This raises the question whether death actually occurs suddenly, or whether it is a slow process in which the brain remains active for some time. However, more research is still needed on this topic. Scientists are still trying to fully understand what is the real reason behind these experiences. But it can definitely be said that a person's experience in the last moments of death is not as simple or straightforward as we thought earlier.
