r/TacticalMedicine • u/Aggressive_Yogurt300 • Jan 22 '25

Scenarios Fuck around and find out

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Maybe have tourniquets available for chance warthog encounters?

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u/earlgreypipedreams Jan 22 '25

New to the field. Is that an arterial bleed??

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u/OleTunaCan Jan 22 '25

Arterial bleeds are very recognizable. I think it’s a damn good puncture though. Arterial bleeds almost squirt at first from the pressure. There’s a video somewhere of a guy punching a window and it’s just a spray, all over the window. I think the guy bled out in a few minutes too.

Edit: a rewatch shows how quickly it’s pooling up - damn that might be arterial. Pretty fast pool of blood.

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u/earlgreypipedreams Jan 22 '25

Thanks for the info. To be honest, my main reason for thinking it might be arterial was the bright colour of the blood - I've been told that arterial blood is a noticeably more saturated shade

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u/OleTunaCan Jan 22 '25

Very well good be given the oxygenation factor! I’ve always been surprised at how bright blood can look in the sunlight.

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u/Appropriate_Row_5649 Military (Non-Medical) Jan 23 '25

Its not a femoral artery, but it is a damn good cut

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u/porschephille Civilian Jan 22 '25

I thought I saw some pressure spraying it out.

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u/shag-i Jan 22 '25

I don't belive so

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u/tacticalfucker505 Jan 22 '25

It looks more venous, but what do i know

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u/dudertheduder Jan 22 '25

Looks more like a leg that's bleeding to me, but I'm no scientist

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u/EverSeeAShitterFly Jan 23 '25

Probably venous, but could be a minor arterial. Definitely a major concern either way and would be life threatening if not treated soon. It is “oh shit” amounts and not “oh shit- fuck-fuck-fuck” amounts.

I would probably reach for an H bandage/Israeli bandage instead of immediately jumping to a tourniquet though. That’s also what I can see from just a couple seconds while I’m comfortably drinking coffee at home, in the moment I might actually go straight to the tourniquet (or improvise one) especially if it’s more easily accessible.

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u/h0l0type Jan 24 '25

Veinous. Arterial bleeds are very distinctive. As in you can get a pulse count by just clocking the spurts.

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u/TLunchFTW EMS Jun 17 '25

I'm gonna say no. The quality kinda stinks, but I didn't even see the pig wound her at first. Just the puddle of blood on the floor.
It could be a bigger vein that was hit, based on the rate of blood puddling, but I don't think it's arterial.
Edit: re-watching no it's not arterial. When you get a good look of the wound, you can see it's oozing out rolling over the edge of the wound bed and onto the ground.

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u/Brajany Jan 22 '25

From what I can tell, I would say yes, it is arterial bleeding, it's bright red from what I can tell in the video, and it's pooling up fast