Who do you go to first by accident amputation unconscious or severe bleeding?

Answer 1

Depends,

1. A crushing and shearing amputation, such as the police officer in Vietnam who lost his entire lower half... above the pelivs (search video = vietnam police cut in half) was subject to crushing and shearing, a heavy truck tire was the top of the scissor, the gutter was the bottom. He lived and bled very little. He was in shock and somewhat unconscious at first, he never did bleed out very much.

2. A ripping amputation, such as a leg being ripped off may produce profuse bleeding and somewhat little pain.. at first. The individual may never become unconscious until too much blood is lost or is rendered unconscious by medical professionals.

3. A minor amputation may cause neither profuse bleeding or unconsciousness, such as in the case of a partial digital amputation, pinkie or small toe.

Pain does not necessarily cause unconsciousness, I have first hand experience with a minor amputation and it did not bleed much because I controlled it with a tourniquette until I got to the hospital. Once at the hospital the doctor administered a local anesthetic which immediately stopped the pain, and the doctor cleaned the wound vigorously and stitched the end of the stump shut. I was lucky to have enough flesh to cover over the end of the stump so no additional measures were needed to repair the wound.

The real pain started after the local wore off, but not enough to make me go unconscious. Strangely, the worst pain was AFTER the local wore off rather than immediately after the amputation. The amputation itself was quite painful after I realized what happened, but not enough to cause me to react like you might see in a movie when somebody has a finger cut off. No screaming, no passing out, no flinging my stump around spreading blood everywhere. During the next 12 days or so the pain was quite considerable at times, a throbbing burning pain that would last for 30 minutes or so at a time before subsiding.

Hope that helps!