A dead man's alleged 45-minute death proved that prolonged CPR works in some cases, according to NBC News.
Anthony Yahle, 37 bounced back from a reported coma without suffering brain damage and other complications which surprised his attending doctors at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio.
According to the report, Yahle, a diesel mechanic from West Carrollton, Ohio coded and arrived at the hospital in cardiac arrest.
His attending physicians used chest compressions, a breathing tube and medications to push blood and oxygen through his body.
45 minutes into the process, his doctors declared him dead.
"He was truly flatlined at the end of that code. He had no electrical motion, no respiration, and no heartbeat and no blood pressure," said Jayne Testa, director of cardiovascular services at Kettering to NCB News.
Five to seven minutes later, the team noticed a trace of electrical activity on his heart which urged them to resume efforts at resuscitating him.
Yahle is currently recovering at home.
Michael Sayre, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and a spokesperson for the American Heart Association said that he has seen and heard of similar cases. He stressed that although Yahle's case was unusual, it wasn't really unique.
