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How long/Can you survive a stab to the eye
I swear I'm just a writer who needs to know this for accuracy
Okay so i have a character who was physically abused as a child and currently wears an eyepatch. Her brother and guardian (and abuser) only ever did the bare minimum to take care of her (i have my reasons but it doesnt matter for this) and after she turned 12 he raped her out of anger, and i was planning to have that be when he takes a knife and stabs her in the eye as a punishment, then drops her off kind of in the middle of nowhere. My question is, how long- if at all- could she survive that knife wound? If you dont think she could survive it with no medical treatment, then how else could i tie a wound to her eye into that situation and she can survive (preferably for roughly an hour- hour 1/2 before another character finds her)
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This is the most unique question I have ever chosen to answer. Though as an amateur writer myself I can see why you are stuck.
As a former first responder I can tell you that knife wounds are different than bullet wounds. There are many factors that come into play with a knife wound that don't factor in with a bullet wound.
For instance what type of knife is it. There are literally hundreds of knives to choose from. A pen knife would have a blade that is not long enough to penetrate through the eye into the brain. Then depending on where in the eye the knife goes does it hit an artery or a vein. Does the knife stay in the eye or does someone remove it. With a knife wound it is best if it is left in the wound as it can act as a stopper for the bleeding until the person is gotten to a doctor or hospital.
So first you have to choose the type of knife you abuser uses. Then chose the length of the blade if it isn't obvious from the type you have chosen for the attackers to use. Then If it is long enough what part of the brain will it penetrate and is a knife wound to that part of the brain lethal.
Frankly stabbing someone in the eye is probably not going to be lethal unless an artery is cut. At worse the person will be blinded as the retina will be torn. TO actually penetrate the brain the knife would have to be strong enough and large enough to penetrate the skull. Most people are not that strong.
So the chances are good your victim could survive the knife wound.
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