Does your heart still beat after it is stabbed?

Answer 1

In general, yes. At least until you bleed to death. (And ofter for a while after - sometimes for an hour or a little more.)

However, if the blade hits the A-V node or some such, then the heart may either fibrillate or abruptly stop.

Answer 2

This depends on a few things. First what size the weapon is and second where in the heart it is plunged into. Generally any puncture of the right ventricle or major veins/artieries result in tamponade (the heart pericardium-sac fills with blood and stops the heart from expanding to fill itself) and a very quick death. If the weapon is left in, there are a few minutes of life possible. Now if the weapon punctures the left ventricle a person can live for a while longer because the wall of the left side is thicker and tends to seal itself after being stabbed. If the hole/puncture is big enough to compromise the pericardium and the heart then person usually bleeds out - to death - fast or slow depending on the size of the hole and if the weapon is left in or removed. If you are lucky enough to survive the first few seconds - DON'T REMOVE THE WEAPON - call 911, sit up right so you don't drown in your own blood and you might have a chance to make it to surgery to repair the heart and live. Pull the weapon out and death is almost always the outcome. Simple answer is you have between a couple seconds to about a half hour after you are stabbed to live.

Answer 3

Yes. Heart that is removed from the body doesn't stop beating instantly. As long as it has enough .ATP to provide energy and exposure to oxygen, it can beat without any regulation from a brain