When people drown...

Rage474 · 26 Sep 2010 at 21:32

Strangle question indeed sir..

Trusty · 26 Sep 2010 at 21:40

errrr......heavy question that!

Jingo... · 26 Sep 2010 at 22:43

A: The human body does not have the same reactions as that of a character in a Tom & Jerry Cartoon.

danza · 26 Sep 2010 at 22:48

dmpoole said:
Nice one, my Cornetto nearly hit the X-Factor

Good sig quote for someone there.

shifty_uk · 26 Sep 2010 at 22:50

dmpoole said:
Nice one, my Cornetto nearly hit the X-Factor

Kraven · 26 Sep 2010 at 23:00

Drink pints of water then stand on your head, water wont fall out of you.

matthab · 26 Sep 2010 at 23:51

OCuk forums strikes again lol!!!!!

ChrisJSY · 26 Sep 2010 at 23:57

Can you imagine him trying to do this to someone prior to knowing it doesn't work?
Dear lord, some people

Sometimes no liquid even gets in, well it does but your body completely goes mental, repulses most of the liquid out(and puke) and your throat basically closes and you pass out instantly.
People can dry drown.

ChrisJSY · 26 Sep 2010 at 23:58

doublepost.

Vonhelmet · 27 Sep 2010 at 00:24

Dreadi said:
This cant be serious.....can it ?

Just wait... his next question is about magnets.

int · 27 Sep 2010 at 00:58

If you could pick someone up and do that, it probably wouldn't work due to water adhesion. You have to remember your alveoli are tiny and a single droplet of water in each one wouldn't be shifted by shaking them.

The idea is to force them to start breathing on their own again and then the force of them coughing brings it up properly.

SexyGreyFox · 27 Sep 2010 at 07:34

Kraven said:
Drink pints of water then stand on your head, water wont fall out of you.

good point

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Sep 2010 at 08:28

Cr0fty said:
You can still drink upside down

This is relevant to my interests. Expand, sir!

Cosimo · 27 Sep 2010 at 08:43

Jingo... said:
A: The human body does not have the same reactions as that of a character in a Tom & Jerry Cartoon.

You learn something new every day.

tres · 27 Sep 2010 at 08:52

You die from cerebral hypoxia and MI (heart attack) due to you starving your brain and heart of oxygen.

Vonhelmet · 27 Sep 2010 at 09:19

[FnG]magnolia;17458195 said:
This is relevant to my interests. Expand, sir!

Peristalsis (swallowing) works whichever way up you are. Gravity helps but is by no means essential.

bsoltan · 27 Sep 2010 at 12:39

vonhelmet said:
Peristalsis (swallowing) works whichever way up you are. Gravity helps but is by no means essential.

otherwise astronauts would be screwed!

D.Roberts · 27 Sep 2010 at 13:12

I heard that you don't actually take in water.
As said the lungs close to stop water entering and you just starve of oxygen?.
You may take on some water but the lungs don't actually FILL will water

Participant · 27 Sep 2010 at 13:14

D.Roberts said:
I heard that you don't actually take in water.
As said the lungs close to stop water entering and you just starve of oxygen?.
You may take on some water but the lungs don't actually FILL will water

Hmmm

In pathology dramas (the extent of my knowledge) they always seem to identify time / method of death by water in the lungs. Less water = died before entry to water. More water = drowned.

JBuk · 27 Sep 2010 at 13:15

D.Roberts said:
I heard that you don't actually take in water.
As said the lungs close to stop water entering and you just starve of oxygen?.
You may take on some water but the lungs don't actually FILL will water

that is dry drowning

the throat spasms and closes to stop water ingress , if it doesn't open then like you say your body will eventually be starved of oxygen