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You will die. Your respiratory system helps you breathe. If you do not have oxygen for about over a few minutes most people will die. Hope I could help. I am doing a whole big project on the respiratory system

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The heart is actually two separate sides, one that pumps blood through your lungs and one [left side] that sends the blood throughout the body.

Your lungs add oxygen to the blood as it passes through them on its way back to the heart. Reaching the heart, it is pumped to the brain and then throughout the remainder of the body. As blood passes through the brain and body it deposits oxygen to the organs and is almost depleted of oxygen and has a dull dark color just before it reaches the lungs, where it is again refreshed with oxygen and again looks bright red.

If your heart were to suddenly stop beating you might still be able to take a breath or two, but your brain would be deprived of oxygen which will result in "functional failure" ... ie... you would become unconscious within about 10 seconds and the brain would begin to die within about 20 seconds. Since breathing is always controlled by the brain at about 15 seconds you cease to breath.

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There's nothing to do. You pass out and when you're out you start again. Then you'll wake up.

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you usually die

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