How long can you function once your heart stops?

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Often in movies and such when a person is struck in the heart they drop like a sack of potatoes. In real life if someone were to shoot you in the heart how long would you be able to function normally?

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Handful of seconds, like, single digits handful.

This is based on my experience with arrythmia, when my heart ramps up to 200+ bpm it just shakes in place and within seconds I’m flat out on the deck waiting for death and trying to regulate my breathing and fear.

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