Image Source: YoutubeThere is a positive reason for this grim study though.
Halloween may be well behind us now, but researchers have brought new research to light which belongs in the freakiest scary season movie.
A new study has suggested your consciousness carries on functioning after your heart stops beating and your body movements fail, reports the sun.
Meaning you'll be aware you've passed away - if only for a short while.
Many survivors of cardiac arrest have claimed they were aware of what was going on around them while they were “dead” before being “brought back to life”, the study revealed.
More surprising still, there is evidence to suggest the deceased may even hear themselves being pronounced dead by doctors.
Dr Sam Parnia is studying consciousness after death and examining cardiac arrest cases in Europe and the United States.
He says people in the 'first phase' of death may still experience some form of consciousness.
The expert pointed to the aforementioned fact that people have accurately described what was happening around them after their hearts stopped beating.
Speaking to the sun, Dr Parnia said: “They’ll describe watching doctors and nurses working, they’ll describe having awareness of full conversations, of visual things that were going on, that would otherwise not be known to them.”
Explaining when a patient is officially declared dead, he said: “It’s all based on the moment when the heart stops.
“Technically speaking, that’s how you get the time of death.”
There is a positive reason for all this grim study though:
You may be wondering what the reason for this rather morbid study may be?
Well Dr. Parnia's studies are to examine what happens to the brain after a person goes into cardiac arrest are for a good reason.
He is seeking to improve the quality of resuscitation and prevent brain injuries while restarting the heart.
