How long does it take to die from a slit throat?

Question

I was watching a Showtime series and a serial killer hung victims from their ankles and slit their throats. It only took them 30 seconds or less to die. Is this accurate or was the show just trying to minimize the impact?
Only scientific answers welcome, I only want to know if the show was being accurate.

Answer 1

The time to become unconscious will depend on how fast the blood is lost. With a slit throat you can cut one or both of the carotid arteries. Say you cut both arteries then for a short time the heart will pump the blood out in large volume spurts and the person will lapse into unconsciousness very fast. The brain will die from lack of oxygen in about 3 minutes.

Answer 2

Nope it isn't accurate...as you can see our body has its own defense mechanisms in cases of profuse hemorrhage. When you get wounded the arteries in that area begins to constrict (decrease in caliber) to minimize blood loss. Then your heart beats faster and stronger so that more blood will still be circulating in your body even if you re already losing blood. Also your blood is shunted to your more important organs such as your brain and heart so as to let you live as long as possible. These defense mechanisms no matter how complex isnt enough to save your life but it gives the paramedics, doctors and the like some extra time to give you emergency life saving measures. The amount of extra time (survival time) that these defense mechanisms give you depends on how well these mechanisms are execyted by your body. (affected by age, etc)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I was told that slitting the jugular vien stops blood to the brain & hence with no oxygen u thrash around for about two minutes before you call it curtains.

Answer 5

i read somewhere that if you slash the jugular it takes about two minutes or less to die and you hear a whoosh. it's the sound the air escaping from your lungs makes. or so the author says.

actually, according to a tv show, you need about 4 liters of blood loss to die. dunno how accurate this is.

Answer 6

It takes 15 seconds to 1 minute to die depending on the individual's stamina.

Answer 7

I watched some of the terrorist execution vids that could be found online and it is much the same as you saw. I don't believe one can remain conscious with so little blood pressure to the brain.

Answer 8

That's close but it's too late to ask the people whose heads were cut off by the Muslims, now isn't it? It is long enough for the head to see the body it was just on. Do you feel any better now?