Gulp! Well done that man.

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wafflycat

New Member
If you're going to have an accident like that, he's the sort of bloke you want around when it happens.
 

gbb

Legendary Member
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Gawld, that sends shivers down me....the gods must have been looking down on her.
 
I can't decide if that's lucky or unlucky. It's a fairly freakish accident to have the brake lever sever your femoral artery and then just to balance it up along comes a vascular surgeon. Not one you'd have guessed from a 'what happened next' clip.
 

Zoiders

New Member
Thats a difficult injury to treat on the spot

The Red Cross/St Johns courses teach the use of pressure, torniquets are supposed to be a big no-no as you can loose all circulation to the limb

How ever, if its completely pissing blood you arent going to to stop it unless you can clamp off the artery, the armed forces have gone back to using torniquets in cases of a severed main artery

The civvy first aid course wont tell you to use one though because of the litigation angle, if its squirting blood on your face pressure wont stop it though

Its your call guys
 
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