Sam Parnia / AWARE-II (NYU Langone)
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A major study found that 4 in 10 people revived from cardiac arrest reported some kind of awareness while clinically dead.
Who they are
Dr. Sam Parnia of NYU Langone, who directs its resuscitation research and led the AWARE studies.
What they do
The engine treats his work as the strongest current scientific grounding on consciousness during clinical death.
How it works
His AWARE (2008-2014) and AWARE-II (2014-2023) studies were large multi-hospital investigations published in the journal Resuscitation, and AWARE-II found 39% of cardiac-arrest survivors reported some form of perception during clinical death.
Why it matters
It provides serious, peer-reviewed evidence on what happens to awareness at the edge of death — a top-tier source rather than anecdote.
The engine's record — word for word
Director, Critical Care and Resuscitation Research, NYU Langone Health. AWARE study (2008-2014) + AWARE-II (2014-2023) — multi-center prospective cardiac-arrest consciousness studies. Primary publications: Resuscitation 2014, Resuscitation 2023. AWARE-II findings: 39% of cardiac-arrest survivors reported some form of perception during clinical death. Engine relevance: largest contemporary peer-reviewed cardiac-arrest consciousness study. Tier-1 methodological grounding.
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