NDE TV Presents Barbara, a domestic abuse injury led to a medical error and NDE.
What Researchers Found
The Story
Barbara Bartolome was a 31-year-old mother of two in 1987. She experienced her NDE during a myelogram test before back surgery caused by an injury from her abusive husband. An x-ray technician's error sent dye into her brain, causing cardiac arrest. During the NDE, Barbara left her body and floated above the scene, feeling calm, warm, and loved next to a familiar presence. She watched the medical team perform CPR and attach a heart monitor, which showed her flatline. She pleaded with the presence to return to protect her children from her husband. The presence showed her abuse flashbacks and asked about staying in the marriage. She promised to leave him, and after two precordial thumps, her heart restarted, bringing her back. After the NDE, Barbara gained strength to leave her abusive husband safely while he was away, filed a restraining order, and divorced. She created a list of positive traits, met and married a supportive man after two years, raised her children securely, and founded an IANDS group in Santa Barbara to share NDE stories and support abuse victims.
“i felt like i knew that presence from before i ever came onto the earth it was”
The account features a clear OBE during cardiac arrest (flatline, CPR, precardial thumps) with highly specific, unpredictable details of medical procedures, conversations, and actions unknown to the experiencer beforehand, reported immediately to attending physicians who reacted strongly (one storming out, the other probing further), though no explicit independent verification is detailed.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
The account features a clear OBE during cardiac arrest (flatline, CPR, precardial thumps) with highly specific, unpredictable details of medical procedures, conversations, and actions unknown to the experiencer beforehand, reported immediately to attending physicians who reacted strongly (one storming out, the other probing further), though no explicit independent verification is detailed.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.