I'm Not Dead Yet! - by Arislyn on 08:19 27 Jan 2005
Okay, here's a bit of news from my neck of the woods that'll make your hair stand on end. A local man was struck by a car and declared dead on the scene. He was then bagged up and taken to the morgue for an autopsy. However, it was the mortician that found out that he wasn't dead. All I can say is, thank goodness the mortician detected irregular breathing before he started doing any cutting. That would've been baaaad.
Can you imagine being a member of the family? You're already in a state of mourning and the hospital calls you up to tell you that, nope....he's not dead. The rush of emotions would be terrible! Disbelief, confusion, relief...then anger at the EMTs.
Here's the story, if you want to read it.
Okay, here's a bit of news from my neck of the woods that'll make your hair stand on end. A local man was struck by a car and declared dead on the scene. He was then bagged up and taken to the morgue for an autopsy. However, it was the mortician that found out that he wasn't dead. All I can say is, thank goodness the mortician detected irregular breathing before he started doing any cutting. That would've been baaaad.
Can you imagine being a member of the family? You're already in a state of mourning and the hospital calls you up to tell you that, nope....he's not dead. The rush of emotions would be terrible! Disbelief, confusion, relief...then anger at the EMTs.
Here's the story, if you want to read it.
I'm Not Dead Yet! - by din on 09:45 27 Jan 2005
yikes!
yikes!
I'm Not Dead Yet! - by Brad on 09:51 27 Jan 2005
I heard about this on the news this morning. Can you imagine the poor morgue attendant that discovered this - I would be freaking out?
I heard about this on the news this morning. Can you imagine the poor morgue attendant that discovered this - I would be freaking out?
I'm Not Dead Yet! - by Arislyn on 10:49 27 Jan 2005
No kidding! I learned about it last night while Runt and I were driving home. Runt had already heard the news and pipes up, about mid-way through our drive, "Hey! Did you hear about the guy in the morgue?"
You know that any story that starts with that sentence is going to be bad.
What makes me curl into a little ball every time I think about it is the fact that I associate this story with an episode of Twilight Zone (the new one) that I saw where a man played a terrible joke on his brother. You see, he drugged his brother so that he thought he had a heart attack but didn't. He woke up completely paralyzed but wide awake and aware. So, he gets to lay helpless witness as he is taken through the entire process of being declared dead...all the way up to the autopsy table. Of course, when they get to that point, the drug wears off and they all have a good laugh over their joke. However, later on, one of the brothers (I forget which) really does have a heart attack....and really does wake up on the autopsy table just as they start cutting. He's still awake and can feel everything but is paralyzed and can't stop them as they kill him.
No kidding! I learned about it last night while Runt and I were driving home. Runt had already heard the news and pipes up, about mid-way through our drive, "Hey! Did you hear about the guy in the morgue?"
You know that any story that starts with that sentence is going to be bad.
What makes me curl into a little ball every time I think about it is the fact that I associate this story with an episode of Twilight Zone (the new one) that I saw where a man played a terrible joke on his brother. You see, he drugged his brother so that he thought he had a heart attack but didn't. He woke up completely paralyzed but wide awake and aware. So, he gets to lay helpless witness as he is taken through the entire process of being declared dead...all the way up to the autopsy table. Of course, when they get to that point, the drug wears off and they all have a good laugh over their joke. However, later on, one of the brothers (I forget which) really does have a heart attack....and really does wake up on the autopsy table just as they start cutting. He's still awake and can feel everything but is paralyzed and can't stop them as they kill him.
I'm Not Dead Yet! - by holsfisher on 18:05 27 Jan 2005
Thats so bad!!! And it means te ambulance crew must not have even tried to rescuscitate him when they thought he was dead!!! Waaarrrrggghhh!!!! I'm a bit freaked out by that, what an awful thought...
Thats so bad!!! And it means te ambulance crew must not have even tried to rescuscitate him when they thought he was dead!!! Waaarrrrggghhh!!!! I'm a bit freaked out by that, what an awful thought...