When you die, what stops working first, your heart, your lung or another thing?

Question: When you die, what stops working first, your heart, your lung or another thing?
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  die,
  heart,
  lung
Asked by Evita05 to Ben, Lizzie, Francis, Max, Sian on 8 Mar 2018.
- Lizzie Wright answered on 8 Mar 2018:
  
  Hi Evita, interesting question! The medical definition of death is complete stoppage of the heart pumping, the lungs breathing or brain activity. So it could be any of these, depending on what the cause of death is. All of these organs are closely linked, so without medical help, one would cause death quite quickly. In some circumstances, we can keep people alive via life support machines when one of these functions stops.

Question: When you die, what stops working first, your heart, your lung or another thing?