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Technically died likely means cardiopulmonary arrest aka a heartrate of zero. Medical personnel refer to this as "a code" or "code blue" I drowned as a kid in
by SEJeff 8y ago
Technically died likely means cardiopulmonary arrest aka a heartrate of zero. Medical personnel refer to this as "a code" or "code blue"
I drowned as a kid in a friend's pool when I was 7 or 8. I was "technically dead" as well. No afterlife experience, but as I was thrashing underwater, my entire body felt like you feel when your leg goes to sleep, and before I went "to sleep" I got really calm and everything was peaceful. The only thing I could feel other than whole body numbness was a strong warmth. I took one last look up at the sun sparkling on the ripples of water above and closed my eyes.
A few minutes later, I awoke puking water and choking with my best friend shrieking hysterically as her mother frantically performed CPR on me. For some reason, my parents never ever let me swim in her pool again or go to her house unsupervised.
- diminoten 8y agoYou're crazy lucky, CPR isn't supposed to bring you back from anything or flush water out of your lungs, it's supposed to keep your blood flowing to your brain until paramedics can get to you.
- SEJeff 8y agoLucky indeed! I was terrified of water until I was about 12 and only then learned to swim.