What does the death rattle sound like | Hours before death

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What does the death rattle sound like | Hours before death. When a person is dying you will begin to hear a rattling or gurgling sound in the last hours to days before death. In healthcare this sound is called Terminal Secretions. However, it is often called the death rattle because of the rattling sound you hear and the association that death is near. This sound is often uncomfortable for family to hear, but at this stage of the dying process, the person is in a deep sleep or unconscious state and is not in any pain. While this sound makes families think the dying person is drowning, they are not. This video explains what is happening when you hear the death rattle.

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00:00 What does the death rattle sound like | Hours before death
00:12 A common sign that death is near
00:17 Why talk about normal signs of the dying process
00:24 Death rattle sounds
00:33 Terminal Secretions
00:40 Is the dying person in pain
00:44 does the death rattle cause distress
00:45 what causes death rattle
00:55 death rattle breathing
01:25 how to treat death rattle on hospice

A death rattle can also sound like a snore or cause the person's cough reflex to fire.

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Katie Duncan is nurse practitioner & death coach. She is the founder of Death Care Coach, a company offering end of life care coaching and support to help families better navigate the end of life journey and ease the dying process.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT MEDICAL OR HEALTH OR COUNSELING ADVICE.
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[jasongates-]

Well, knowing about it doesn't lessen the scariness of death for ME, because it's still death. But it's good to know about it. Thanks for the explanation. I never knew this was a thing until today.

[Alexandrite-klti]

I heard my mom make this sound at 9 pm when I went to go see her. I asked the nurse what it was, who looked like a high school student & there was actually a book on her desk as if she was studying something. She did not say it was a death rattle. She just said, it was a gargle sound. The sound was very disturbing to me as I had not heard of any such sound before. At 1 AM I got a call from the hospital. They were doing CPR & asked if I wanted to say anything to my mom. I was in such shock that I could not say anything. At about 3PM they called back to pronounce her death. I was so mad at the hospital that is one reason I could not speak as they admitted it was their mistakes. I now regret not saying anything to my mom because I was told that sometimes people snap back into health when you talk to them when CPR is administered.

[SAMEntalhealth]

23 hours or so afterwards you still survive pretty amazing process thank you for sharing

[chibi_rabbit]

It's honestly shocking to me that euthanasia is not an option in human medicine. A veterinarian, allowing this point is so cruel.

[XATABLEIOS]

It sounds like a dead DEAD snake that died from cancer 💀