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 * '''Heart:'''[[File:Heart.png|50px]]This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body, and it is the target of [[Medical_Doctor#The_Spark_of_Life|defibrillation]].
-**'''Heart damage''' is accumulated by a heart being in a non-living host, reaching an inoperable state within 3 minutes in a corpse. After a particular threshold of heart damage is taken, the heart is considered ''damaged'' - this will cause shortness of breath, and if the organ is damaged to the point of ''failure'', it can cause heart attacks, which will rapidly result in death unless defibrillation is applied with haste.
+**'''Heart damage''' is accumulated by a heart being in a non-living host, reaching an inoperable state within 5 minutes in a corpse. After a particular threshold of heart damage is taken, the heart is considered ''damaged'' - this will cause shortness of breath, and if the organ is damaged to the point of ''failure'', it can cause heart attacks, which will rapidly result in death unless defibrillation is applied with haste.
 **'''Heart attacks''' can be prevented with [[Guide_to_chemistry#Corazone|Corazone]]s, but it will not heal the underlying heart damage. In the case of a need for immediate emergency heart healing, a [[Surgery#Coronary_Bypass|coronary bypass]] can be done, but a heart can only have this done ''once'' to it, and it will bring it back from failing to functional.
 **'''Replace the heart''' in an emergency with a fresh or cybernetic heart. Cybernetic hearts have different benefits to a normal heart. A cybernetic heart grants [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|epinephrine]] and an upgraded cybernetic heart grants [[Guide_to_chemistry#Atropine|atropine]].