2007-07-08 22:47:10 · 6 answers · asked by nicoleash93 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Firstly, just stopping breathing for a short time wouldn't mean you "died", so wouldn't have come back to life. For death to be classed as having occurred, both breathing and heartbeat must have stopped, and the brain ceased to function.
But is it possible to stop breathing for a time, and to be either resuscitated, or spontaneously restarted? Yes. There are drowning victims that that has happened to, and sleep apnea, is where a person may stop breathing for periods while they sleep.
Usually four minutes is considered the outer limits, before irreversible brain damage occurs. However at extremely cold temperatures this time can be extended, and that is sometimes done in medical procedures.
2007-07-08 22:57:37 · answer #1 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible. However, your body needs the oxygen and you can only do this for about 5-10 minutes before irreversible damage is done. The period can be extended by 10-20 minutes if effective intervention is delivered i.e CPR. Generally speaking, sponatneous rebreathing due to trauma or medical condition is rare.
2007-07-08 22:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by James 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched a show yesterday (baby show) & a baby girl was a preemie. She wasn't breathing when she was born. It took them 20 min to revive her.
2007-07-08 22:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhh ya.... its called apnoea or lack of respiration. life has not ended ...one vital process to sustain life has.
that's why rescue breathing and (if indicated) CPR and early defibrillation are so important for unconscious/ not breathing victims.
2007-07-08 23:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by Firemedic 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, as long as you stop breathing for six weeks, four days, 19 hours and 11 seconds only.
2007-07-08 22:49:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
2007-07-09 00:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋