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Taylor, Greg. Stop Worrying! There Probably is an Afterlife. Daily Grail Publishing, Chapter 2, Joyce Harmon Patient, Pages 151-152, 2013
Stop Worrying! There Probably is an Afterlife - Joyce Harmon Patient - Chapter 2 - 2013
2013
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A female patient underwent cardiac arrest and successful resuscitation in a surgical intensive care unit where nurse Joyce Harmon was working. Harmon had just returned from vacation and was wearing new plaid shoelaces she had purchased during her trip - a distinctive and noticeable fashion choice for a medical professional. During the resuscitation, the patient was clinically dead and unconscious while the medical team worked to revive her.
The following day when Nurse Harmon met with the now-recovered patient, she was shocked when the woman immediately recognized her despite having been unconscious during their only previous encounter. The patient exclaimed "Oh, you're the one with the plaid shoelaces!" When the astonished nurse asked how she could possibly know about her shoelaces, the patient explained that she had seen them during her cardiac arrest, stating "I saw them. I was watching what was happening yesterday when I died. I was up above." The patient specifically observed and later identified Joyce Harmon's distinctive plaid shoelaces, a unique detail she could not have known through normal means while unconscious during resuscitation. The unusual and specific nature of plaid shoelaces made this observation particularly evidential, as it was not something that could be easily guessed or assumed about medical personnel. Nurse Harmon reported feeling the hair on her neck rise when the patient revealed this knowledge. The observation was made while the patient was "up above" during clinical death, suggesting an out-of-body vantage point during the resuscitation. This case provided compelling evidence of veridical perception during cardiac arrest from an experienced ICU nurse's direct testimony.
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Moderate Evidence
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Documented cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation in ICU setting. Score: 10 for cardiac arrest without specific mention of monitoring.
Unique specific detail of plaid shoelaces observed while unconscious. Score: 10 for specific unique visual detail.
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