A shocking study found that people may remain conscious even after they have died.
Researchers discovered some patients retained a level of consciousness after their hearts stopped beating.
The revelations were made in a breakthrough paper, which was published in the medical journal Resuscitation and examined 2,060 cases of cardiac arrests.
One of the men interviewed by researchers accurately recalled how medics carried out his resuscitation.
The study said: “(The) man described the perception of observing events from the top corner of the room and continued to experience a sensation of looking down from above.
“He accurately described people, sounds, and activities from his resuscitation