News about the possibility of reviving people after death can change our understanding of life and death. Doctor and researcher Sam Parnia of New York University Medical Center says that traditional ideas about death may be radically outdated. This discovery, The Telegraph , could have profound implications for medicine and ethics.
The doctor considers death not as a final event, but as a "reversible state". In his book Lucid Dying, Parnia shares the results of 30 years of research that redefine the boundaries of life and death. He is sure that stopping the heart or ceasing brain activity is not the end, but only a process that can be reversed with the right approach.
Parnia and his team achieved "remarkable success" in resuscitating patients, doubling survival after cardiac arrest compared to the US average.
He claims that the brain and other organs remain viable for several hours or even days after death, and that scientific advances in recent years give reason to believe that a return to life will be possible not only for animals but also for humans.
Among the examples, Parnia cites a study where a pig's brain remained active 14 hours after death. He also mentions cases where people who were in a state of hypothermia were brought back to life many hours after cardiac arrest, thanks to advanced technology and equipment.
Although cryonics is still a theory, Parnia believes that cooling does protect the body and increases the chances of a successful recovery.
However, despite the optimism, he admits that modern medicine is not always ready for such radical changes, which is connected with the overload of hospitals and lack of resources. However, he believes that in the future resuscitation and life recovery methods will become more effective and accessible, and death will cease to be an inevitable end.
Parnia is sure that over time humanity will change its attitude to death, and what today seems like a fantasy in terms of reviving dead people will become a common medical practice
