re: Woman survives 45 minutes without heartbeat after amniotic embolism after birth

Yes. The media is sensationalizing this (shocker) into making it seem she layed on the table untouched for 45 minutes and then woke up. The fact of the matter is that she didn't have spontaneous heartbeats for 45 minutes. But they had her on oxygen and were performing compressions manually or mechanically. In essence, they kept her alive for that time period. It is still amazing that she resumed cardiac activity after that amount of time but it just doesn't sound as sexy as "OMG! She was dead and now she is back!"