The patient may have had some unusual experiences while they were out of it besides just being electrocuted by that "dang" defibrillator. These experiences have been assigned a name because so many people have had an occurrence like this and have talked about it.
This "happening" is referred to as a "Near-Death Experience"(NDE)and may be defined as "a lucid experience associated with perceived consciousness apart from the body occurring at the actual or threatened imminent death." NDEs have been well documented since 1975.
NDEs may happen due to physical traumas and accidents, attempted suicides, during surgeries or seizures, after cardiac arrest or strokes, because of severe allergic reactions or anaphylactic shock, on account of high fevers, in reaction to anaesthetics, and unconsciousness or coma.
People experiencing a NDE may express feeling that they are outside of their physical body. They often describe common sights and happenings as, being in a tunnel, viewing a brilliant light, coming in contact with a spiritual being or relatives and/or pets that have already died.
The person in the tunnel might have the facts of their life pass in front of their awareness for a review. They may feel that they must reach a decision about whether they continue on further into the tunnel or go backwards to their life on earth.
And if all that is not incredible enough, persons who come back to life here on earth, may have new abilities they did not previously possess. Some describe themselves as having more awareness, being somewhat psychic in nature, and possessing a more intense belief in a Higher Being and a different feeling about the reminder of the life they have on earth.
Many people feel somewhat set apart and alone with a feeling of enlightenment that they percieve to be superior to those around them. There is also some fear of talking about this new knowledge due to the possibility that one may be viewed as "off their rocker!" A person may have an intense desire to talk only to another person who has had a similar experience. They may have trouble finding the right words to describe their experience.
