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Simple answer: Apply firm, direct pressure directly above the severed site.
It will be extremely painful to the one with the injury. Because the femoral artery is among the larger blood vessels in the body, bleed-out will be quick. As with any arterial bleed, if the bleeding is not quickly controlled, certain death is almost inevitable.
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Can the body repair a severed artery?
no, a severed artery but be repaired immediately. Depending on the artery you could exsanguinate in as little as seconds or up to several minutes.
What vein or artery causes people to bleed to death?
Any severed vein or artery can cause you to bleed to death
How long can you live with a severed artery?
It depends on which artery. If your femoral artery is severed, you have minutes to live without immediate medical attention. Same for the Carotid artery in your neck, or the jugular vein in your neck. If the aorta artery feeding your heart goes, same thing. I would say the smaller the artery, the longer you may have to live before you bleed out. The biggest life threat as far as arterial bleeds is the aorta. If any part of the aorta ruptures, a surgeon couldn't save you if he already had you cut open on the table. Essentially, if the aorta ruptures, it will only take about 3 beats of the heart to bleed out. The further away from the heart you get, the slower the bleed will be, but any compromised artery is potentially life threatening. The femoral artery in the thigh (the femur is the thigh bone, hence the name fermoral) is another big bleeder. The carotid is the second biggest life threat if it's compromised. So basically, if the aorta ruptures, 3 heart beats. If the carotid ruptures, perhaps 2 minutes. If the femoral is severed, perhaps 5 minutes. The difference is that the carotid and the femoral arteries can be controlled with proper treatment. The aorta is untreatable once it's compromised.
If an accident victim had a severed left subclavian artery which pulse neck or wrist would be most affected?
The left subclavian artery doesn't feed the carotid (neck pulse) so your answer would be the wrist.
When you cut an artery blood spurts out Why?
Because arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. There are many arteries that carry blood to all parts of the body. And how dangerous a severed artery is depends on how deep the cut is and what artery is cut.
Can the body repair a severed artery?
no, a severed artery but be repaired immediately. Depending on the artery you could exsanguinate in as little as seconds or up to several minutes.
What vein or artery causes people to bleed to death?
Any severed vein or artery can cause you to bleed to death
How long can you live with a severed artery?
It depends on which artery. If your femoral artery is severed, you have minutes to live without immediate medical attention. Same for the Carotid artery in your neck, or the jugular vein in your neck. If the aorta artery feeding your heart goes, same thing. I would say the smaller the artery, the longer you may have to live before you bleed out. The biggest life threat as far as arterial bleeds is the aorta. If any part of the aorta ruptures, a surgeon couldn't save you if he already had you cut open on the table. Essentially, if the aorta ruptures, it will only take about 3 beats of the heart to bleed out. The further away from the heart you get, the slower the bleed will be, but any compromised artery is potentially life threatening. The femoral artery in the thigh (the femur is the thigh bone, hence the name fermoral) is another big bleeder. The carotid is the second biggest life threat if it's compromised. So basically, if the aorta ruptures, 3 heart beats. If the carotid ruptures, perhaps 2 minutes. If the femoral is severed, perhaps 5 minutes. The difference is that the carotid and the femoral arteries can be controlled with proper treatment. The aorta is untreatable once it's compromised.
What major organ would be damaged if a persons carotid artery were severed?
Brain, artery's help pump blood to the heart which pumps it to the brain
Can you get killed by a Moray Eel?
They are vicious biters, and could possilbly kill someone if they severed an artery.
Bright red blood that spurts out comes from severed vein or severed artery?
It comes from an artery. Arteries carry OXYGENATED blood away from heart. This oxygenated blood is bright red. The Arterial system is on the high pressure side of the heart. The pressure changes as the heart contracts and then expands and refills (a heartbeat). When an artery is punctured the blood will spurt with every heartbeat.
If an accident victim had a severed left subclavian artery which pulse neck or wrist would be most affected?
The left subclavian artery doesn't feed the carotid (neck pulse) so your answer would be the wrist.
How can doctor tell when an artery has been severed?
It will bleed more profusely and it will pulse out as the arteries are coming from the heart
Can the jugular vein be fixed after it is cut?
If either the jugular vein or the carotid artery is completely severed, the venous tissue will retract and will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to repair.
What is does sever mean?
verbverb: sever; 3rd person present: severs; past tense: severed; past participle: severed; gerund or present participle: severingdivide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly."the head was severed from the body"synonyms: cut off, chop off, detach, disconnect, dissever, separate, part; More amputate;literarysunder"the head was severed from the body"cut (through), rupture, split, pierce"a knife had severed the artery"antonyms: join, attachput an end to (a connection or relationship); break off."he severed his relations with Lawrence"synonyms: break off, discontinue, suspend, end, terminate, cease, dissolve "they severed diplomatic relations"
What is a visictimy?
Perhaps you mean vasectomy, a form of male birth control, where the vas deferens is severed.
What type of bleeding injury is it when you cut your self and have heavy bleeding?
It depends where exactly you cut yourself. I'm not a doctor, but if it's really heavy bleeding it could be a severed artery.
