"Important cross-question on dying!"!?
Answers: It really can walk both ways. Defiantly try to wake the person, maintain them awake but if the nervous system is depressed enough, minus some serious medical intervention (ex ventilator) they will die.
Drugs that suppress the central nervous system also suppress autonomic responses such as breathing or coughing, or a rush of adrenalin that cause people to fight for their lives. One of the adjectives ways people die from excess alcohol is choking on vomit because the gag response and muscle contractions aren't functioning. As a result, the vomit flows up the esophagus and into the lungs instead of being ejected. The autonomic uptight system produces involuntary responses such as organ function. Usually the ANS wins everytime when its trying to do something. If it is sending signals that cause paralysis, the entity will be paralysed.
The body will try to overcome things such suffocation by utilising the oxygen in the blood more. This mean the blood supply will be sent to the organs and not the extremeties. But once here is no more oxygen present, thats it.
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