What happens in the brain during a crush?
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Well, first it starts to bleed as it gets punctured by fragments of the skull. If the crushing is slow enough the immune system will try to fix the damage resulting in bruising and swelling. This will cause a loss of control of your muscles and likely stop you from breathing. After being compressed to about a quarter of it’s previous volume, the fluid that the brain is usually suspended in will start to squirt out of the skull fractures and eye sockets. After it is compressed to about half, the skin around the skull will tear away enough for the brain itself to start squishing out. Assuming the crushing pressure is not stopped at this point, eventually the brain will just be a mashed up pile of fat, blood and bone fragments.
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