Paramedic Reflects on Life After 11 Minutes of Death

Adam Tapp has shared his extraordinary account of what he experienced while technically “dead” for over 11 minutes.

The veteran paramedic recently appeared on the Beyond the Veil podcast, where he described the near-death experience (NDE) he had in 2018 when a malfunctioning wood-etching device electrocuted him.

As Tapp’s wife performed CPR in a desperate attempt to save his life, he experienced a series of profound and otherworldly sensations.

He explained his experience as “seeing spherically from a single point outwards.”

“And I wasn’t Adam. I wasn’t dead. I wasn’t anything,” he recounted. “I was just perfect, like absolute contentment. There was no sense of consistency with anything. [I] was simply existing as awareness.”

Tapp described feeling a “frequency” that washed over him, accompanied by fractal patterns. “It was like gasoline on water, this rainbow effect that was iridescent to some extent,” he said.

“It was just this juxtaposition of thoughts and feelings and emotions,” he continued. “It was like basically becoming fabric of the universe. And it was absolutely perfect.”

Despite the surreal nature of the experience, Tapp said he felt no fear. “There was no fear and it was nothing. This was just the natural progression of what every single one of us is going to do.”

Tapp eventually regained consciousness in a hospital after being in a coma for approximately eight hours. However, his perception of time during the event was vastly altered.

“Like if someone had told me it had been five years or a decade, I would have been completely on point with that,” he revealed.

Even after his release from the hospital, the experience left a profound impression on him. “[I was] left with this overwhelming sense that this is just the stage,” he said. “[It] is simply an evolution of consciousness.”

Near-death experiences are reported by individuals who have come close to death or have been revived after being clinically dead for a period of time.

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These experiences often include vivid sensations, a sense of detachment from the body, encounters with light or otherworldly beings, and overwhelming feelings of peace or oneness.

Research into NDEs suggests they can have a lasting impact on individuals, often leading to profound changes in outlook, values, and beliefs. Many describe a newfound appreciation for life, reduced fear of death, and a deeper sense of connection to the universe or a higher power.

While skeptics argue that NDEs could be the result of neurological or chemical processes in the brain during moments of crisis, those who have experienced them often describe them as deeply real and transformative.