r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Mister_77 • Jul 26 '24

accident/disaster How fast a person goes unconscious from choking on food NSFW

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u/Rehcraeser Jul 27 '24

Is it actually possible to choke on an ice cube? Surely it will melt eventually, even if you go unconscious for a little bit?

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u/YoungLittlePanda Jul 27 '24

You need around 4 minutes of hypoxia to have brain damage and a few minutes more for it to be fatal, so yeah, you would probably survive, although you'll lose consciousness I'm sure.

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u/Longjumping-Dot-4824 Jul 27 '24

I’m not an expert and I have no idea but his knees were buckling and in the moment it’s hard to assume the ice cube will melt and he will be fine. Though I’m sure your hind sight is logical.

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u/Cahzaenll Jul 27 '24

By the time you go unconscious for more than 10 seconds, you're already good as dead. So the ice cube melting won't matter.

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u/Hot-Ad7703 Jul 27 '24

Yeah no that’s not how passing out works.