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George Washington, the father of our country, had taphophobia, fear of graves. When dying in 1799 he recalled several newspaper reports of men thought to be dead who were buried alive. He told his secretary not to bury him until at least three days after his death.
Wikipedia states, "Before the advent of modern medicine, the fear was not entirely irrational. Throughout history, there have been numerous cases of people being accidentally buried alive." Legends tell of coffins opened for some reason and corpses found with hands raised and palms turned upwards. In past centuries some among the wealthy purchased...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Isn't it interesting that question has never been answered?
As to technology-the advances are wonderful and very reassuring for those whose bodies have shut down to minimum function (and their families) but if ObamaoControl is ever enacted, it won't matter. You will recall Obamao making the assertionon the campaign trail that we rely 'too much' on surgical techniques and technology anwyay, so all we'll likely get is an aspirin. If that.