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Cardiac arrest
Identifier
000476
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
This 11 year old boy had been having black out spells for several months. Finally, his parents brought him to a children's hospital for evaluation. While waiting in the lobby, he had another black out followed by a cardiac arrest. He was without a heart beat for at least 20 minutes. As a last resort the doctors tried electric shock treatment by using paddles on his chest, here is his story...
A description of the experience
I remember going to the hospital that day. My parents had gone into a room [the admitting office] when suddenly I heard a whooshing sound in my ears. I felt like you feel when you go over a bump in a car going real fast, and you feel your stomach drop out. I heard a buzzing sound in my ears.
The next thing I knew, I was in a room crouched in a corner of the ceiling. I could see my body below me. It was real dark, you know. I could see my body because it was lit up with a light, like there was a light bulb inside me
I could see the doctors and nurses working on me. My doctor was there and so was Sandy, one of the nurses. I heard Sandy say 'I wish we didn't have to do this' [this is correct she did say this]. I wondered what they were doing. I saw a doctor put jelly on my chest. My hair was really messed up. It seemed greasy, and I wished that I had washed my hair before coming to hospital. They had cut my clothes off, but my pants were still on.
I heard a doctor say 'Stand back' and then he pushed a button on one of the paddles. Suddenly I was back in my body. One minute I was looking down at my face, I could see the tops of the doctors' heads. After he pushed that button, I was suddenly looking into the doctor's face. Man that hurt. It hurts just thinking about how much it hurt. I will never forget how much it hurt when the doctor pushed that button. I still have dreams about how much it hurt.
Sometimes I wake up at night screaming from that pain
The source of the experience
Ordinary personConcepts, symbols and science items
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Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Commonsteps
References
from Closer to the Light – Dr M Morse