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2006-09-23 09:15:00 · 17 answers · asked by Dark Mark 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
That depends on your temperature. People who drown in cold water or go into cardiac arrest because of hypotherimia can be resuscitated after remarkably long periods (up to an hour).
In the ER "You aren't dead until you are warm and dead."
Another note: the important time (4-5 minutes) is the interval between the heart stopping and when CPR is started. As long as you keep the blood oxygenated and moving... you still have a chance much later when EMTs arrive, or you arrive at a hospital that can intervene with more advanced methods.
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2006-09-23 13:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have got a feeling that someone once got hypothermia and was resuscitated a few hours after the heart stopped. I think it was a boy who wandered outside in the cold and his family didn't find him for ages. That is only a memory of a news item I have though.
2006-09-23 09:19:58 · answer #2 · answered by the_emrod 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is true that hypothermia can increase survival time, in some cases to hours. Outside of that 4 - 5 minutes, probably with brain damage before that.
2006-09-23 10:16:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually about 5 minutes
2006-09-23 11:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by susaniinha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 4 minutes
2006-09-23 09:22:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
People who have experienced cardiac arrest in freezing water have been resuscitated after being down for 15 minutes.
2006-09-23 10:54:49 · answer #6 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everybodys answer re hypothermia is correct, otherwise it varies, it is suggested after 5 minutes, the most important organ that needs preserving is the brain and someone can still survive after prolonged cpr but sustain brain damage. i have witnessed someone having cpr for about half an hour and be given an anti clotting drug (to treat heart attack) and survive without brain damage.
2006-09-23 13:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by rach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe it is about 5 minutes before all body functions stop. then even if by a mericle doctors bring you back to life after 5 minutes, you will probably have no knowledge of anything and be just like a small infant again.
2006-09-23 09:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by qtxxx007xxxqt 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
about 3 mins. After that the brain begins to die. You can survive much longer if you are hypothermic, as all the body functions slow down
2006-09-23 09:27:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have seen patients who had CPR started at once recover after 35 min.
2006-09-23 11:02:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋