By addressing issues every day, and providing access to care when patients need it, unnecessary emergency department visits are minimized and overall health is improved. PHN is a partnership between Geisinger hospitals, its primary care network, and its insurer, Geisinger Health Plan (GHP).
Most people would likely die within 3 -4 days without drinking or eating anything, and rarely one would survive over a week. A 97 year old woman survived 8 days without drinking or eating anything under the rubble of her home after earthquake occurred in Iran in January 2004 (1).
The maximum number of days that the human body can go without water at 85 degrees F in the shade is eight days. As a note, at 50 degrees F in the shade the human body cannot last beyond 10 days, and at 120 degrees F in the shade no longer than two. So you can see it really depends upon the temperature.