Since choking victims are suffocating, they’re not able to get enough oxygen to their blood. Because of this, their face, lips, and fingertips may begin to turn blue.

Since smurfs appear to be vertebrates, we can assume they also have heme in their blood. Now when a naked-skinned vertebrate is choked, namely humans, their faces turn red because surface capillaries in the skin dilate and blood rushes in. Assuming the same thing happens to smurfs, their faces would turn purple.

The person may begin clutching of the throat or mouth, or attempting to induce vomiting by putting fingers down the throat. The person’s face turns blue (cyanosis) from lack of oxygen, if breathing is not restored. The person may become unconscious, if breathing is not restored.

Panic accompanies choking. The choking victim’s face often assumes an expression of fear or terror. At first the victim may turn purple, the eyes may bulge, and he or she may wheeze or gasp. If the person can cough freely, has normal skin color and can speak, he or she is not choking.

This is due to the loss of blood circulation as the heart stops beating. Goff explains, “[T]he blood begins to settle, by gravity, to the lowest portions of the body,” causing the skin to become discolored.

The body turning blue, is simply a natural phenomenon called Livor Mortis or Postmortem Staining. When we die our heart stops pumping blood around our body, therefore cells lack oxygen, and thus rapidly begin to die. Postmortem skin changes .

Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life.

At the moment of death, all of the muscles in the body relax, a state called primary flaccidity. Within minutes of the heart stopping, a process called pallor mortis causes the body to grow pale4 as blood drains from the smaller veins in the skin.

Originally Answered: What happens to your blood when you die? First, the blood will pool to the lowest part of the body. As the heart is no longer pumping it around, gravity is the only thing moving it. If the person is lying on his back, the blood will settle there.

Complete loss of consciousness At the end of life, the chemical balance of the body becomes completely upset. The dying person then slips into unconsciousness. This is usually right towards the end, maybe only a few hours or days before death. The person’s breathing becomes irregular and may become noisy.

How Does a Forensic Witness Determine the Time of Death?

1. Body Temperature. The average living human being has a body temperature of 98.6 degrees F.
2. Rigor Mortis Status. After people die, their muscles begin to stiffen and contract.
3. Degree of Body Decomposition.
4. Stomach Contents.
5. Eye Condition.
6. Skin Condition.
7. Blood Pooling.
8. Oral Conditions.

You may notice their:

• Eyes tear or glaze over.
• Pulse and heartbeat are irregular or hard to feel or hear.
• Body temperature drops.
• Skin on their knees, feet, and hands turns a mottled bluish-purple (often in the last 24 hours)
• Breathing is interrupted by gasping and slows until it stops entirely.

Hair and fingernails may appear longer after death, but not because they are still growing. After death, dehydration causes the skin and other soft tissues to shrink. This occurs while the hair and nails remain the same length. This change in the body creates the optical illusion of growth people observe.

Tiny blood vessels at the base of every follicle feed the hair root to keep it growing. But once the hair is at the skin’s surface, the cells within the strand of hair aren’t alive anymore. The hair you see on every part of your body contains dead cells.

Even the time of year can affect how fast or slow hair grows. “Hair tends to grow a little faster in summer and slower in winter,” said Dr. Alan Parks, board-certified dermatologist and founder of DermWarehouse. “An underactive thyroid can also slow down hair growth.”

24-72 hours after death — the internal organs decompose. 3-5 days after death — the body starts to bloat and blood-containing foam leaks from the mouth and nose. 8-10 days after death — the body turns from green to red as the blood decomposes and the organs in the abdomen accumulate gas.

After death, most Muslims believe that the soul will enter Barzakh, a state of waiting, until the Day of Judgement. When a person dies, their soul is taken by Azra’il, the Angel of Death. God sends two angels to question the waiting soul.

Islamic Funeral Rites and Traditions Immediately after death, the body is washed and covered with a sheet by family members. The hands are placed as if in prayer. Then the body is transported to the location of the funeral, a mosque. There is rarely an open casket at an Islamic funeral.