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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It really depends on the damage done. Assuming the heart or arteries are materially destroyed a person’s blood pressure would drop and they would lose consciousness. This isn’t instantaneous… depending on the person, they could remain conscious for as much as 5 seconds (roughly) before passing out.
If less damage is done, and the heart is only functioning marginally (ie fibrillation) they could remain conscious considerably longer.
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