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How long does it take to die once the femoral artery is punctured?
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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.
Can the hymen be healed?
Once the hymen has been punctured it cannot be re-closed without surgical measures.
How do you trace the path from the femoral vein to the lower lobe of the right lung via the right pulmonary artery?
From the Femoral vein, you would go to the inferior vena cava, which then leads to the right atrium of the heart. From there, you'd go tothe right AV valve to the right ventricle and then to the pulmonary SL valve. Then, you'd go to the pulmonary artery and then the lungs. Once in the lungs, go to the lower lobe of the right lung. There are three lobes within the rght lung, unlike the left lung, wich has two. The three lobes are the Superior lobe, at the top, the Middle lobe, in the middle, and lastly, the Inferior lobe at the bottom
Can you kill someone buy shooting them in the leg?
No. Neither if the bullet hit the femoral artery. If the bullet hit the femoral artery, you will eventually die if the bleeding isn't stopped immediately. But no, you won't die instantly if you're shot in the leg. You will, however, die instantly if you were shot in the head through the back of your head close the spinal cord because that area of the brain is where your internal organs, including your heart, are controlled from.Addendum:There are only three places by gun shot that can typically kill instantly: head, heart, and spinal cord. However, it is important to realize that "instantly" is a relative term here. It takes no less than 5 minutes for clinical death to set in once the heart stops. Even a head shot can leave the heart beating for some time longer than five minutes, and brain death does not occur until circulation has ceased for five minutes or more.A GSW to the femoral artery can take 1 minute (if the artery is totally severed) to an indeterminate time if it only nicked (depending on the size of the opening in the artery) for exsanguination to occur. Approximately half of a person's blood supply would have to evacuate before the heart stopped, and then the brain death clock starts. It is possible however, and quite possible that the GSW victim would succumb to shock before bleeding out.
What is the major artery of the left arm?
This comes from my A&P lab manual... "In the armpit, the subclavian artery becomes the axillary artery, which serves the upper limb." The previous answer was "brachial," which could also be a correct answer. "The brachial artery divides into the radial and ulnar arteries, which follow the same-named bones to supply the forearm and hand."
How do you trace the path from the femoral Vein to the lower lobe of the right lung?
From the Femoral vein, you would go to the inferior vena cava, which then leads to the right atrium of the heart. From there, you'd go tothe right AV valve to the right ventricle and then to the pulmonary SL valve. Then, you'd go to the pulmonary artery and then the lungs. Once in the lumgs, go to the lower lobe of the right lung. There are three lobes within the rght lung, unlike the left lung, wich has two. The three lobes are the Superior lobe, at the top, the Middle lobe, in the middle, and lastly, the Inferior lobe at the bottom.
What is heart decatherization?
Heart decatherization is really not a "term." It could, however, be made to mean "the removal of a heart catheter from the coronary arteries." When someone is suspected of having blocked coronary arteries (maybe after a heart attack), the cardiologist will perform a "heart catheterization." This means that a small, sterile hose is passed through a large artery such as the "Femoral" artery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femoral_artery) and threaded up and into the coronary arteries close to the area where the suspected blockage is occuring. The doctor then squirts some fluid through the catheter and views it on an X-ray type machine. The fluid, called "contrast," can be seen by the X-ray for just a moment; Long enough for the doctor to see where the fluid goes. He can then see whether or not the blockage in the artery is a large one or a small one by watching the route of the fluid. Once he/she determines that there is a blockage and how severe the blockage is, he removes the catheter....this would be decatherization, if you want to call it that.
Trace a drop of blood from the heart to the right arm?
In tracing a drop of blood from the pulmonary to radial artery, there are 5 circulatory points. Pulmonary follows through to the subclavian artery, axillary artery, brachial artery, and then to the radial.
Blood leaves the right ventricle and passes through?
Blood travels from the left ventricle to the aorta through the aortic valve.
What are heart beats caused by?
The 'lub' is caused from turbulence of the blood in the ventricles once they have contacted. The 'dub' is the backflow of blood against the semi-lunar valves in the pulmonary artery and aorta once it has been squeezed out by the ventricles.
What role does the blood play in the excretory system?
The excretory system works when you eat food and the bad substances form your food is carried to your kidneys. Then the nephrons purify the blood and the bad watery stuff goes down the ureter and then goes to the bladder. Then, once the bladder is almost filled, the urea goes down the urethra and outside of your body.
When was Once Upon a Long Ago created?
Once Upon a Long Ago was created on 1987-11-16.
