saw this in the local newspaper
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories...10204072.shtml
Clovis man revives after being declared dead, but later dies
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A man who was declared dead at a Clovis hospital and sent to a funeral home began breathing as workers prepared to embalm him, the owner of the funeral home said.
Felipe Padilla, 94, of Clovis stopped breathing Wednesday morning and was sent to Muffley Funeral Home.
An employee of the funeral home called 911 a short time later when he realized Padilla was breathing.
"We didn't even have to do CPR. He was breathing on his own," funeral home owner Russell Muffley said.
Paramedics hooked Padilla to IVs and a respirator and returned him to the hospital where he died a short time later, according to the funeral home.
Efforts to contact Padilla's family were unsuccessful.
Plains Regional Medical Center administrator Brian Bentley said patient confidentiality rules prevented him from making detailed comments on the situation.
"At this point I haven't talked to the family, so I can't say how they feel," he said Wednesday.
Muffley said Padilla was in a preparation room at the funeral home when "he took a breath."
"I've been doing this 39 years and it's never happened before," Muffley said.
Bentley said that while the Padilla case is unusual, it's not unheard of for someone who is declared dead to later be revived.
"I think that this is much more interesting to news people than it is to people in the hospital," Bentley said. "I think medical people recognize that things are not always black and white."