Random Sherlock Oneshots

Medical Theories on Sherlock Flatline Case, and Theories

Book Sources: Atlas of Vascula Surgery and Endovascula Therapy, Atlas of the Human Body, The Science of Biology, Anatographica, Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, Gray's Anatomy,The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations Volume I, Pathophysiology made Incredibly Easy, and Anatomy & Physiology.

Notes: Yes, I made research on this, my mother is a nurse, and I read her surgery books for boredom. She tells me stories of the OR and ER and I have been to both multiple times, and I have seen all the equipment and the tools and drugs used for surgery. This is my theory, and I'm not sure if it's very accurate, sorry if it's not. I am only thirteen, and forgive me for any errors.

First let's talk about Sherlock. His deductions and mind palace helped me tremendously on this theory, and there are two theories that I have proved, and researched in this paper. Essay. Thing.

Is it true that Sherlock came back from the dead?

As my mother usually tells me, it varies from case to case, and this was one of the ones I was more interested on. Yes, he might have flatlined and his heart stopped completely, yes that's true. But he might not have been dead at all, you see.

His heart may have stopped, than in a period of eight minutes, all the senses would shut down, but that doesn't quite means he is dead yet. His brain still has eight minutes of brain activity before the lack of oxygen kills him.

That doesn't mean anything for a regular person of course, they're pretty much as good as dead, unless the doctors use CPR, and at this point, even that won't do much. But this is Sherlock we're talking about, isn't it?

Let me mention, mind palaces and whatnots, are REAL. They are very much real. They store information much more efficiently. So Sherlock has his mind palace, so what?

Now, this is where three things could happen.

First: Adrenaline.  He's talking to Moriarty in his last minutes in his mind palace, losing himself, not sure what's happening, he's DYING. He's talking to Moriarty.

And Moriarty says that John is danger.

And that means a lot. Adrenaline is going through his body on his mind's command, even though he is, in medical terms, flatlined. If it is enough, he would have had to generate more than the legal amount of adrenaline by the mere thought of John being in danger.

Second: The Lazarus Effect

There are a few, extremely rare cases of people coming back from 'death' without medical help, their hearts stop, and than they're up and walking. But that's improbable, so I'm making this short.

It's very unlikely that this happened. There are two recorded cases of this happening in written history.

Third: Reverse the Cardiac Arrest

This is the most likely, seeing that there are eight common reversible causes of cardiac arrest. Tamponade, Tension Pneumothorax, Toxins, Thrombosis, hypovolaemia, Hypoxia, Hyper/ Hypokalaemia, and Hypothermia. Those are the main ones, the ones I could find.

Sherlock lost a lot of blood, on the surgical table and in the ambulance. The cause of his cardiac arrest was likely hypovolaemia.

The bullet hit his chest/ stomach area. It most likely hit his larger veins, and even more likely, the largest vein, the Inferior vena cava, which is located behind the liver.

Now, this is what Sherlock's deductions come in handy. He says that the bullet acts like a cork, when the bullet is removed it would be like a bottle. It would be very difficult to stop the blood. Importantly, Sherlock would not have the needed amount of venous blood returning to the heart until the IVC had been properly repaired. And with that amount of decrease, it'll a ticking time bomb until he goes into carediac arrest.