Thai woman found alive in coffin

[unicorn]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-coffin-found-alive-cremation-buddhist-temple-thailand/

"...Pairat Soodthoop, the temple's general and financial affairs manager, told The Associated Press on Monday that the 65-year-old woman's brother drove her from the province of Phitsanulok to be cremated. He said they heard a faint knock coming from the coffin. "I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled," he said. "I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time.""...

I guess there's a reason that only health professionals can issue death certificates. 🫢

[vinapu]

horror for everybody involved, don't they wait for rigor mortis ?;

[Keithambrose]

7 hours ago, vinapu said:

horror for everybody involved, don't they wait for rigor mortis ?;

He was busy at the time. 

[mauRICE]

6 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

He was busy at the time. 

Yes, they eventually found him at Jomtien Complex with a boy on his lap. 💀

[unicorn]

15 hours ago, vinapu said:

...don't they wait for rigor mortis ?

Well, at least in California, a paramedic can pronounce death if (and only if) the decedent is in full rigor mortis (which can take up to 12 hours). Otherwise, a doctor must pronounce death. In the hospital, doctors usually pronounce death far before then. Death can be established by exam even if the patient is on a ventilator (breathing machine/life support):

Note that certain spinal cord reflexes can be present even in a dead person. If the patient is not on a ventilator, and the patient isn't breathing and has no pulse/heartbeat, then the absence of a corneal reflex and oculocephalic reflex (doll's eyes) confirms death. Simply not breathing and not moving is not enough to establish death.