Near-Death Experiences While Drowning: Dying Is Not the End of Consciousness!
J. Holden, S. Avramidis
August 24, 2015 DOI: 10.12794/sps.nde-003-8 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review |
|---|---|
| Population | People who survived drowning and reported near-death experiences |
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Key findings | Argues that near-death experiences are a common and clinically relevant outcome of drowning survival, reported by roughly 20% of survivors, and typically involve hyperreal, lucid, pleasurable experiences with paranormal, transcendental, and mystical features. The book compiles 22 drowning NDE accounts and proposes that water safety professionals incorporate NDE-related information when working with resuscitated individuals. |
Abstract
Due to advances in resuscitation and defibrillation practices over the past decades, people are returning from the brink of death in numbers unprecedented in human history. Of the millions of people who survive drowning each year, about 20% report a near-death experience (NDE): a reported memory of profound psychological events that contain certain paranormal, transcendental, and mystical features. NDEs are usually hyperreal and lucid experiences dominated by pleasurable feelings and more rarely dominated by distressed feelings. This book presents a summary of 40 years of research on NDEs. It contains 22 drowning NDE accounts and recommendations for how water safety professionals can use NDE-related information in their work with people they successfully resuscitate.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distressing Near-Death Experiences | 1992 | Review | |
| Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences Individuals who have had near-death experiences | 1980 | Review | n = 21 |
| Near-death experiences. | 2004 | Review | |
| The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences | 2009 | Review | |
| Near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors | 2005 | Review |