I know there are plenty of cases in which someone has survived a shot through the brain, or in which only part of their functioning is impaired, but for the most part, why does a bullet randomly aimed at someone’s head kill them nearly instantaneously? Rather than just losing eyesight or the ability to move an arm or leg. Thanks!
In: Biology
Real death isn’t caused by the heart stopping, it’s brain death. The brain controls how you breathe, your heart rate, your temperature, sleeping, eating, conduction etc.
If the parts of the brain that control these functions is damaged (brainstem), you die.
When you’re shot elsewhere, you die from blood loss.
Those people who survive a bullet to the brain, will probably have an impairment of some sort (even if it is just a slight change of personality, preferences or facial expression)
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