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Snakebyt · 01-02-2004, 03:55 PM

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."

thingstodo · 01-03-2004, 12:36 PM

Wow! Pretty cool. Too bad he died later. He might have been able to answer some good questions....

nefarious · 01-04-2004, 12:21 AM

exactly my thoughts, thingstodo .. it would be interesting to know what he saw ^_^

SSJTWIZTA · 01-04-2004, 10:01 AM

If i was the guy working at the morgue i would have freaked the fuck out.

isis · 01-04-2004, 05:32 PM

I used to always want to be a coroner or something of the sort, but stories like this always scare me off

My grandpa 'died' for a few seconds when he was really sick, and claims that he saw a bright white light, but he probably just was staring into the overhead lights

BentNotTwisted · 01-05-2004, 11:13 AM

I remember seeing some educational show regarding embalming. Apparently before embalming became a standard burial practice people were occasionally buried alive. They knew it was happening because when corpses were exhumed scratch marks were found inside the coffin. Talk about having a bad day.

Stiltzkin · 01-05-2004, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by BentNotTwisted
I remember seeing some educational show regarding embalming. Apparently before embalming became a standard burial practice people were occasionally buried alive. They knew it was happening because when corpses were exhumed scratch marks were found inside the coffin. Talk about having a bad day.

Hahaha. Sorry pal, but that is an urban myth busted by the Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel. They would die of asphyxiation under an hour, even if they were alive, and not even a really well-built coffin can stand up to the tons of pressure of dirt. It was actually surprising. Being buried alive would kill them.

gilada · 01-14-2004, 10:15 AM

Man, that guy just couldn't catch a break, could he?

Peryn · 01-14-2004, 10:22 AM

Wow...creepy. Kinda scary to think that the hostpital could send me away to get embalmbed without a thourough checking of my dead-ness.

Yalaynia · 01-14-2004, 10:42 AM

That is cool. It kinda reminds something I learned about Wakes. When someone die they preformed the wake where they would lay the person on the table and pretty much see if they WOULD wake up. The reasons for this were years and years ago people would drink so much that their heartrate and body temperature would drop so low that it was undetectible on whether they were actually dead. So rather then taking a chance on burying someone alive they would lay them out for 24 hours to make sure they are dead. Shocker was there were a few times that people did sit up.

spived2 · 01-15-2004, 01:36 AM

*shudders* working at a funeral home for 39 years....

BlueBongo · 01-15-2004, 03:35 AM

I suppose it's a good thing they hadn't cut him open yet, kinda wonder how leary they were when they got the guy back again about embalming him.. heh

Dilbert1234567 · 01-19-2004, 12:42 PM

death as is life subjective to opinion.

forgotten_dream · 01-22-2004, 01:20 AM

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Originally posted by Yalaynia
That is cool. It kinda reminds something I learned about Wakes. When someone die they preformed the wake where they would lay the person on the table and pretty much see if they WOULD wake up. The reasons for this were years and years ago people would drink so much that their heartrate and body temperature would drop so low that it was undetectible on whether they were actually dead. So rather then taking a chance on burying someone alive they would lay them out for 24 hours to make sure they are dead. Shocker was there were a few times that people did sit up.

I heard the reason they'd be passed out was because of the whiskey leaching enough of the lead out of those old mugs to just knock you out for a couple days.

ratbastid · 01-25-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by SSJTWIZTA
If i was the guy working at the morgue i would have freaked the fuck out.

No kidding. I'd be headed for a job at the local McDonalds. At least your burgers aren't going to be taking any breaths!

forgotten_dream · 01-25-2004, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by ratbastid
No kidding. I'd be headed for a job at the local McDonalds. At least your burgers aren't going to be taking any breaths!

If you're working at McDonalds I wouldn't be so sure...

xim · 02-07-2004, 08:33 PM

Stephen king has a short story about this, i dont remember what its called...

kurtisj · 02-08-2004, 08:39 PM

that is wierd, i must have sucked to been the guy though.
he prolly thought he was saved by god or something, then a short time later it all came crashing down on him.

thejoker130 · 02-09-2004, 07:31 AM

Kinda spooky.....

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Originally posted by Yalaynia
That is cool. It kinda reminds something I learned about Wakes. When someone die they preformed the wake where they would lay the person on the table and pretty much see if they WOULD wake up. The reasons for this were years and years ago people would drink so much that their heartrate and body temperature would drop so low that it was undetectible on whether they were actually dead. So rather then taking a chance on burying someone alive they would lay them out for 24 hours to make sure they are dead. Shocker was there were a few times that people did sit up.

Somebody came up with the idea to chain the poor guy into his coffin so he WOULDN'T sit up

01-02-2004, 03:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Snakebyt Psycho Location: Lubbock Texas	interesting newspaper clip... 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."

01-03-2004, 12:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	Wow! Pretty cool. Too bad he died later. He might have been able to answer some good questions.... __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

01-04-2004, 12:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
nefarious Insane Location: Tucson, AZ	exactly my thoughts, thingstodo .. it would be interesting to know what he saw ^_^ __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum. - Vegetius "Do Re Mil.3, Prol.

01-04-2004, 10:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
SSJTWIZTA Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator. Location: Windiwana	If i was the guy working at the morgue i would have freaked the fuck out. __________________ First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me. -Pastor Martin Niemoller

01-05-2004, 11:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
BentNotTwisted Optimistic Skeptic Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial	I remember seeing some educational show regarding embalming. Apparently before embalming became a standard burial practice people were occasionally buried alive. They knew it was happening because when corpses were exhumed scratch marks were found inside the coffin. Talk about having a bad day. __________________ IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free

01-04-2004, 05:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
isis Insane Location: In the Woods.	I used to always want to be a coroner or something of the sort, but stories like this always scare me off My grandpa 'died' for a few seconds when he was really sick, and claims that he saw a bright white light, but he probably just was staring into the overhead lights

01-14-2004, 10:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
gilada Psycho Location: Dallas, Tx	Man, that guy just couldn't catch a break, could he? __________________ Hey, this isn't rocket surgery. See my futurephone pics at: http://gilada.textamerica.com See my DVD's at: http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=gilada

01-14-2004, 10:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
Peryn Junkie Location: San Diego, CA.	Wow...creepy. Kinda scary to think that the hostpital could send me away to get embalmbed without a thourough checking of my dead-ness. __________________ Dont cry kid, It's not your fault you suck.

01-14-2004, 10:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
Yalaynia Insane Location: here but I wish I lived there	That is cool. It kinda reminds something I learned about Wakes. When someone die they preformed the wake where they would lay the person on the table and pretty much see if they WOULD wake up. The reasons for this were years and years ago people would drink so much that their heartrate and body temperature would drop so low that it was undetectible on whether they were actually dead. So rather then taking a chance on burying someone alive they would lay them out for 24 hours to make sure they are dead. Shocker was there were a few times that people did sit up. __________________ I couldnt think of anything to put here , but I guess anything would do

01-15-2004, 01:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	shudders working at a funeral home for 39 years.... __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

01-19-2004, 12:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	death as is life subjective to opinion. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

02-07-2004, 08:33 PM	#17 (permalink)
xim Insane Location: One with the Universe	Stephen king has a short story about this, i dont remember what its called... __________________ If I could be anyone in the world I would be Britney Spears. Shes in so many commercials about pepsi... www.ximcity.com

02-08-2004, 08:39 PM	#18 (permalink)
kurtisj Insane Location: The Wick	that is wierd, i must have sucked to been the guy though. he prolly thought he was saved by god or something, then a short time later it all came crashing down on him. __________________ Marvin the Mountie Always Gets His Kurtisj.