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How Long After Someone Stops Breathing Can You Still Revive Him
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How long after someone stops breathing can you still revive him?
Depends on temp: Depending on the patient's temperature from 4 minutes to hours. People who are immersed in very cold water may often do quite well up to 1-2 hours after drowning. Most patients suffer severe brain injury after 2 to 4 minutes of no breathing. ...Read more
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Breathing (Definition)
Breathing is the way we take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide (co2) through out lungs. When our lungs expand we take fresh air in that contains oxygen and then when our lungs ...Read more
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How long after someone stopped breathing can they still be revived?
Revive after stop : Generally, someone can be "revived" for up to ten minutes after stopped breathing, if they are at common body temperature. However, brain damage will start to occur after six - eight minutes in most individuals. If someone stops breathing, call 911, and start cpr. ...Read more
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How long can you stop breathing before you become unconscious?
A few minutes: Actually, it depends upon many factors. Breath holding is practiced by some who want to set records, but they train, hyperventilate & fill the lungs with 100% oxygen. Even so, oxygen deprivation & carbon dioxide elevations may cause damage or death, so it is not a good idea. For most, maximum voluntary breath holding does not exceed 1 or 2 minutes, or loss of consciousness & death may occur. Mfm. ...Read more
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How long does it take someone who quits opioids to start feeling normal again?
Up to a few months: There is a large difference in response that's individual. Some people don't feel a difference when they quit, and others feel lousy for months. The brain likes having opioids around and would rather have you provide them (pills) than making the brain make them (endorphins). Our bodies preserve energy whenever it can get away with it. It takes a lot less energy to make you get the pills. ...Read more
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How long does it take someone who hasn't had any liquids to go into unconsciousness?
3 DAYS: The human can survive about 3 days without water, and at end of period will likely suffer cardiovascular collapse and death in most cases. Loss of consciousness would accompany this deterioration. ...Read more
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If someone ends up passing out from asphyxiation... How long does it take them to regain consciousness?
That depends on: Cause of asphyxiation? - need more data. ...Read more
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How long will if take for someone to die after stopping dialysis.?
Stopping HD: It truly depends on several factors. The most important is the patient's residual renal function. The more the kidneys work, the longer it takes for the toxins to build up. Outside of that, there are no set time frames. I have seen patients pass within 2-5 days but I have also seen patients live for longer than 3 weeks. ...Read more
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How long does it take someone to recover from a double bypass when they have asthma?
Should not be a prob: Assuming one's asthma is under control it should not interfere with recovery form surgery. ...Read more
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I'm wondering how much time does someone have to live after dialysis stops?
2-4 weeks: Everyone is different and a lot depends on the underlying residual kidney function. Most patients will not survive more than 2-4 weeks due to cardiac arrhythmia caused by high potassium. ...Read more
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After receiving a heart stent, how long do you have to wait before you can drive again?
Stent: Length of time to driving post stent depends on the individual and their response to the procedure. If everything went well and the patient is without symptoms or procedural complications by day 3, sometimes day 2 could be driving. ...Read more
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How long can you go if heart stops before brain damage occurs?
2-4 minutes: It depends on age, temperature, cause of cardiac arrest, whether or not CPR is done and other factors but 2-4 minutes is about it. ...Read more
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When you get over pneumonia after having it for 3 weeks how long does it take before you stop coughing up fluids?
Varies: cough is die to irritation of your respiratory tract and secretions. If your pneumonia is treated properly it can disappear in 3-7 days. ...Read more
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How long does it take after someone has a heart attack to know whether they will survive or not?
Varies: If you survive immediate sudden death, prognosis can be determined within 24 hours for uncomplicated heart attacks especially if you receive rapid, advanced cardiac care. For large heart attacks with major complications it can take days to weeks. ...Read more
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Can someone tell me how long will it take the lungs to heal once someone quits smoking?
Up to 5 years: The lungs will start to cleanse themselves of tar and nicotine the day you stop smoking. The increased cancer risk from smoking does not go away for up to 5 years. Most people will feel they can breathe better within 2-4 months of quitting smoking. ...Read more
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How long can someone be not breathing underwater and still survive intact?
Depends on temp/size: In general, not breathing for 3 - 4 minutes will render you unconscious, and at 10 minutes brain damage starts becoming permanent. But if you are immersed in cold water, and especially if you are small so your body cools quickly, then much longer times of immersion without breathing are possible - there are cases of children in ice-water surviving intact after 66 mins under water. (20 mins adult). ...Read more
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If you have muscle weakness from percocet. How long after you stop taking it does it usually take to go away?
Not a common effect: If you feel it's related to your Percocet pain medications, you need to contact your pcp, and let her/him know that you're having this particular side effect. This normally doesn't happen with pain meds. So depending on when you stop taking them, symptoms should go away within at least a week (or five half-lives.) this is not a common residual effect. ...Read more
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How long does he have to wait before he can eat again after a crowning?
Eating after a Crown: I advise all of my patients to wait until the effects of the anesthesia have worn off before eating. Typically, this takes about an hour after the dental appointment. ...Read more
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What causes episodes of gastroparesis when you have Bulimia? And how long does it take to stop happening after you recover?
Medical supervision : Please see your doctor, such symptoms may need medical supervision to avoid complications. ...Read more
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How long can a person go without peeing before he has irreparable damage or dies?
Depend...: Multiple factors-aging, coexisting illness, drug use, supportive care, pace of change, etc., contribute to personal state of overall health, which in turn determines how soon a person may die. However, complete stop peeing secondary to bladder outlet obstruction would have never happened because overflow urinary incontinence will be naturally expected. More? Ask doc timely for personal specifics. ...Read more
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How long can your heart stop beating before your die or pass out?
Seconds to minutes : You would pass out within a few seconds and die (without help) in a few minutes. ...Read more
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