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Titus Rivas et al., The Self Does Not Die: Verified Paranormal Phenomena from Near-Death Experiences, 2nd edition, ed. Janice Holden (International Association for Near-Death Studies, 2023). Case 1.18
YouTube Lecture, Gary Habermas, 2016
2016
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An elderly woman in her eighties arrived at an emergency room in cardiac arrest, unconscious and requiring resuscitation. A female medical doctor, a close friend of philosophy professor Gary Habermas, worked extensively to resuscitate her successfully. Later, when the doctor visited to check on the patient, the woman asked why the doctor had been repeatedly shaking her left hand toward the ceiling during CPR, making a twisting motion between compressions. The patient accurately demonstrated the specific movement. When questioned, she confirmed she had seen this from above while the doctor worked. The doctor explained that her wristwatch would slide down during compressions, so she was shaking it back up her arm - a detail with no associated sound that the patient could not have known. The patient also reported hearing the doctor say something "not very ladylike" that her mother had taught them never to say. When pressed for specifics, she quoted the exact profane phrase the doctor had used. The patient explained she had been "up above" watching the entire resuscitation, feeling peaceful while the medical team was frantic. The observation of the silent, habitual watch-shaking motion during CPR represents a unique detail unlikely to be observed by others or communicated to the patient after recovery, providing strong evidence for out-of-body perception during cardiac arrest.
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Documented cardiac arrest requiring extensive resuscitation efforts
Silent habitual gesture observed and specific profanity heard while unconscious
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