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The certification applies to somatic death, corresponding to death of the person, which has varying definitions but most commonly describes a lack of vital signs and brain function. [9] Death at the level of cells, called molecular death or cell death , follows a matter of hours later. [ 10 ]
In some cultures, death is the complete termination of life. [5] In other cultures, death can include altered states of being, like sleep or illness. [5] In some traditions, death marks the transition into a different kind of existence, or involves a cyclic pattern of death and rebirth. [5]
Livor mortis (from Latin līvor 'bluish color, bruise' and mortis 'of death'), postmortem lividity (from Latin post mortem 'after death' and lividitas 'black and blueness'), hypostasis (from Greek ὑπό (hypo) 'under, beneath' and στάσις (stasis) 'a standing') [1] [2] or suggillation, is the second stage of death and one of the signs of ...
A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death, which researchers describe as having similar characteristics.
A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone near death. [1] Accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions in the throat and upper airways is the cause. [ 2 ] Those who are dying may lose their ability to swallow and may have increased production of bronchial secretions, resulting in such an accumulation. [ 3 ]
Nicole Linton, a nurse charged in the killing of five people and an unborn fetus during a fiery L.A. crash, made online searches about death and suicide before the deadly collision, prosecutors said.
Cadaveric spasm is seen in cases of drowning victims when grass, weeds, roots or other materials are clutched, and provides evidence of life at the time of entry into the water. Cadaveric spasm often crystallizes the last activity one did before death and is therefore significant in forensic investigations, e.g. holding onto a knife tightly. [4]
Al Pacino is getting candid about a near-death experience that changed his perspective on life. Ahead of his upcoming memoir, Sonny Boy, ...