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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If I remember correctly you have anywhere between 5-30 seconds depending on how badly your heart has been destroyed. Sometimes you drop instantly. I was in law enforcement for a while and saw plenty of training videos where a suspect took a heart shot and kept functioning for long enough to injure/kill the shooting officer

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