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About 6 minutes before brain cells start to die. If a person has a cardiac arrest resuscitation has to begin within this time to be successful. The time may be prolonged if the body is cooled, for example by drowning in ice cold water.
As mentioned, temperature (specifically metabolism) plays a very big role in how long you can go without oxygen, but as general guideline:
- Heart: Needs constant oxygen
- Brain: 4-6 min
- Kidneys: +- 30 min
- Muscles: +- 2-4 hours
- GI Tract: +- 12 hours
Thus, the main areas of concern is the heart and the brain.
A human body ca only live for six minutes without oxygen, before the brain cells start to die.
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∙ 7y ago3 to 5 minutes to brain death is normal, anything over 5 minutes will result in permanent brain damage, but people have been drowned in very cold water and recovered after hours of no oxygen, the rapid loss of body temperature saved the brain tissue by slowing brain cell deterioration.
Up to 16 minutes
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∙ 9y agoAfter five to ten minutes of not breathing, one is likely to develop brain damage. After 10 minutes many of the brain cells die and patient is unlikely to recover. However, survival after 30 minutes has also occurred in some cases.
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∙ 9y agoThe brain cannot go without oxygen for more than ten minutes. If oxygen is not able to get to the brain before this, then there is a possibility of irreversible brain damage.
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∙ 12y agoBrain cells begin to die if oxygen levels are very low for four minutes or longer, and after five minutes permanent anoxic brain injury can occur. So anything up until 3 minutes is fine.
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∙ 15y agoYour body can go w/out it for about 7 min. take or give I'm pretty sure that's when the brain fails too
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∙ 12y ago3 minutes till you'll get irreversible brain damage.
If lying in a coma, never be the same again and such things are an option for you, 5-10min.
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∙ 12y ago6 minutes
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Can you survive being under water for 12 minutes?
If the water was extremely cold there is a possibility, though the human brain cannot go without oxygen for 5 minutes on average.
Can the human body survive without a brain and use only it's ganglia?
Yes, but only in lawyers.
Brain Cell with no oxygen for 18 minutes?
Actually, no human being can go without oxygen for 4 minutes and be expected to live
Is oxygen is harmful for human?
No humans depend on Oxygen to survive
How long can human be deprived of oxygen?
The average adult can survive without oxygen for up to about five to ten minutes depending on the condition that they are in.
What happens without oxygen?
You are not able to breath. without oxygen then we wudnt be ableto breathe and if we dont breathe, then we`ll die so yea... well, for a human you wuoldn't survive you die. so that's why you need oxygen.
What organ in the human body uses 40 percent of the oxygen in your blood?
The brain consumes 40% of the oxygen in your blood.
How long can the go brain without blood?
General medical consensus states that the human brain can go without oxygenated blood for 3 to 5 minutes without suffering major brain damage. After this time has elapsed, the cells in the brain will begin to die from lack of oxygen, resulting in brain damage.
Would a human suffocate on Mars?
Yes humans will suffocat on Mars. Human depend on Oxygen to breathe and without oxygen, we will die. Oxygen is present in th Earth's atmosphere and it is not on Mars. To survive on Mars, we need to use an astronaut's suit with oxygen support.
Human beings can survive without fresh water?
yes human being can't survive without fresh water
Can you die from not breathing?
Cells need two things to survive: oxygen and glucose. Without each of these, brain cells begin to die. If oxygen and glucose are removed completely, the damage continues and the brainstem dies.
What does 4 minutes 4 days and 40 days refer to?
These numbers refer to how long a human can survive without oxygen, water, and food.
