Can skinned individuals avoid death from hypothermia if kept in a temperature-controlled room? How can temperature regulation impact survival rates for those who have been skinned alive? Let’s explore the potential benefits of controlled environments for skinned individuals to increase their chances of survival. #skinnedalive #hypothermia #survival #temperaturecontrol
To an extent yes
But
Without skin, most organs are not locked into a more solid area of the body like the skeleton would fall off and that is really really bad as we’ve evolved to have them a certain distance from other organs, some organs are affected by the position they’re in, and the increased risk of infection which the skin was really good at protecting from.
In a very specific environment, decontaminated air and surfaces, controlled temperature, and a qualified medical team with equipment to assist in issues that arise from the lack of skin, one could survive.
There have been experiments and freak accidents where victims lost most of their skin from burns or friction loss (imagine skidding off a bike at high speeds on the asphalt without proper gear) and were able to survive but at a great cost of living, constant medical care, medication, surgery.
I would argue they don’t live long enough to die from hypothermia at all. You would die from blood loss and the most severe shock imaginable long before that.
Best first date question ever.
Is temp control going to negate shock?
Doubt it.
This sounds like a question dr Joseph mengele would ponder
It’s not just temperature regulation you’d need to worry about, it’s avoiding going into shock.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731)
>Since people who were skinned alive often died of hypothermia
What is your source for this?
What are you planning? I don’t like this.
It’s your largest organ, so no, but- and this can’t be correct. Wtf. Blood loss from a little flaying would do it. Shock from a lot of flaying would do it. Losing all your skin, even as an intellectual exercise, would absolutely kill you. Unless you’ve opened the Puzzle Box and summoned the Senobites- then you’ll not be dead, but, eeesh.
Certainly, the body’s struggle to maintain homeostasis after such a trauma would be catastrophic without its primary defense. Contemplating survival without skin takes us down a macabre hypothetical that feels far too close to a grim chapter from a dystopian novel. The immediate threats: fluid loss, thermoregulation failure, uncontrolled infections, not to mention the neurological overload sending the body into a non-recoverable state of shock. Theoretically, with advancements in medical science, there could be controlled environments and treatments to extend survival, akin to the isolated cases of extensive burn recovery. However, this challenges the very fabric of ethical medicine. You’d need a boundary-pushing, yet ethically dubious, medical facility to even approach this, and even then, it’s science fiction horror. Let’s hope it remains purely in the realm of speculative conversation and never breaches into reality.
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*In the name of science!*