Tag: Medical
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Interview with Dr Pim van Lommel.
Pim van Lommel is an author, retired cardiologist and Near Death Experience researcher. Here is my short review on his book Consciousness Beyond Life.
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NDE for nurses.
This paper published in the journal ‘Nursing Practice Today’ attempts to give a broad overview of the phenomenon of Near Death Experience (NDE) as a concept analysis. The authors hope that appreciation of this potentially profound experience (including cognitive, affective, paranormal and transcendental components) on patients will assist nurses in providing improved support and integration…
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Are you conscious for a short time after having your head lopped off?
And if you are squeamish you might want to look away right about now. But. I know that when you watch a movie, like Game of Thrones or some other horror movie or period piece, and somebody gets their head lopped off, or guillotined, I know you are wondering……are they still awake for a little…
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Do cardiac arrest survivors who have NOT had an NDE have equally significant changes in life attitudes?
One theme that is often seen in reports of NDE is a significant, sustained & transformational re-evaluation and/or re-alignment of life view paradigms following the event. Typically, these changes involve the following domains: Source: Persistence of Attitude Changes After Near-Death Experiences (pdf) This raises the question, do similar life view changes occur in people who…
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The man with the blue hat.
One of the largest studies to date examining consciousness around the time of death is the AWARE II study. It looked into 2,060 cardiac arrests, of which 330 survived (to hospital discharge). Of this number, 140 patients were considered eligible to be interviewed for the study. The patient’s recalled experiences were initially classified into five…
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Electrical activity in the brain at the time of death.
Does the brain have one last mental hurrah before it dies? There are many voices in the scientific community (perhaps most voices) who believe that accounts of near-death experiences including the consistently reported out-of-body experiences, transcendental perceptions and panoramic life reviews are simply the result of a final burst of chemical and electrical activity in…
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