One in five patients had ‘lucid experience of dying’ during CPR, researchers say

Patients report 'awareness without distress' in the first large study to capture such experiences
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Many patients recall a “meaningful evaluation of life” during CPR that cannot be explained by the trick of a dying or disordered brain, researchers say. 

The US study found that the lucid experiences of death occurred in nearly 20% of patient survivors while they were seemingly unconscious and dying.