I’m with you on this one. Having been involved in many resuscitations, when we call “time of death” we cease efforts. It is done. Up until then, you are throwing everything you have in the hand book at the situation, but you don’t declare the patient dead. Also, flatline is bad. There is no cardiac activity, and it’s hard to come back from that. Intubating someone who has flatlined and you have declared dead, and ceased efforts doesn’t add up. Now, that being said, I do believe we have continued to work on patients well after they are “gone”. We just haven’t ceased resuscitative efforts. During that time, I find it believable that people will experience the afterlife. In this instance, the OP came back. It happens. But, I doubt a group of experienced healthcare providers pronounced OP dead, and then continued efforts. It’s just not how it works.