From:	Manolis Skoulikas great_worm@*****.com
Subject:	Survival
Date:	Tue, 06 Jun 2000 22:23:13 +0300

Simon and Fiona wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Schmidt <Michael.Schmidt@****.uni-hannover.de>
> To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
> Date: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Survival
>
> >>A rule of thumb exists named rule of six: 6 secs without air , 6 days
> >without water 6 weeks without food (always with lowest possible stress; no
> >work, nearly no movement, not tortured, ...).
> >
> >Michael Schmidt
>

I remember reading somewhere that it takes 45 seconds to die of
drowning(that is after all oxygen has been used up, which is a variable
for diffrent persons and different situations) After the 30th swecond
the drowning is irreversible and no CPR can help the person because
water has entere the lungs.

It is 3 to 7 days with the water deprivation, but it varies hugely on
the situation.Lab conditions make for 7 days.

As for no food, Bobby Sands lasted for 67 days with just a mouthful of
orange juice every day.
After the 45th day, doctors said it was irreversible. Most of his prison
mates died in 60+ days.

Blood can be a poor substitute for water, but not indefinetely.
Masai sheperds in Africa drink bovine blood to sustain themselves for a
couple of weeks before they reach water.

the wiz


> >Icewolf
>
> Unless you are a cat, for some reason. Cats regularly are found in
> earthquake rubble and stuff 8 weeks later, having nothing at all to eat and
> maybe occasional rainwater to drink. The last one I read about was from the
> Taiwan earthquake. It was buried for 9 weeks, was half the normal body
> weight, and had apparently eaten another cat, but still!
> -Simon, who is off topic so often I might have to get a 4 wheel drive.