Trying to get through to the Groome Transportation Macon Office on the phone is PURE HELL. I have been the first caller in line for 45 minutes on several occasions. They have 2 other phone numbers but one the mail box is full and the... More
A: Lack of oxygen in the brain will cause permanent brain damage in as little as four minutes. Another four to six minutes without the brain receiving blood will result in increased brain damage, coma and then death.
There is very little research on just how long the body of a brain-dead person can be maintained. The discussion of brain death dates back to the 1950s in France with six patients who were kept alive for between two and 26 days without blood flow to the brain.