Suspended animation

The condition where the person may appear to be dead due to the fact that the vital functions are at such a low pitch as to be minimum compatible with life is known as suspended animation or apparent death. It may be encountered under the following circumstances: As a voluntary act (death trance) In hypothermia In bodies removed from water In newborn infants: In electric shocks Vagal inhibitory reflexes Ref : Krishnan vij Textbook of Forensic medicine and Toxicology 5th edtion ; pg no - 76