A random thought: in drowning, the hearth is still providing oxygen to the cells by pumping blood but the lungs full of water have stopped providing oxygen to the blood. How long do you have to restart the lungs?
If you're drowning in fresh water it's the hypervolemia that'll getcha. (water in lungs enters blood = bad for brain)
posted to MetaFilter by sero_venientibus_ossa at 12:06 PM on January 20, 2008
