Lazarus Syndrome

Lazarus Syndrome is a complex and rare medical condition whereby an individual undergoing emergency cardiac resuscitation ceases to have vital signs, is declared dead, and then spontaneously resumes circulation and vital signs. A Google search for the phrase "Lazarus Syndrome" returns 10,600 hits as of 10/9/2008. [http://www.google.com/search?as_epq=lazarus%20syndrome Google search for "Lazarus Syndrome"]

One example is a Judith Johnson, 61, of Georgetown, Delaware, USA. She was given "multiple medicines and synchronized shocks", and despite this, never regained a pulse. She was declared dead but was found to be very much alive and breathing in the morgue. She is at present suing the Beebe Medical Center, where it happened. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433830,00.html Foxnews Story]

There are many reports in the medical literature.