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sandtrapjack · 11-26-2007, 11:45 AM

I work at a major hospital in San Antonio and spoke to one doctor about this and this is what I learned from our conversations:

"It mainly hinges on how bad the femoral artery was damaged. If they can keep him from bleeding out long enough to repair it then he has a pretty good shot. Not a good situation anyway you look at it. The fact that they were able to get him to a hospital before he did bleed out is Huge. That artery can pump out 3-5 liters a minute so considering the average human has about 5-6 liters in there entire body its very important to stop the bleeding at once."

11-26-2007, 11:45 AM	#125
sandtrapjack The Starter Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,994	Re: Sean Taylor Shot in the Thigh: CNN News I work at a major hospital in San Antonio and spoke to one doctor about this and this is what I learned from our conversations: "It mainly hinges on how bad the femoral artery was damaged. If they can keep him from bleeding out long enough to repair it then he has a pretty good shot. Not a good situation anyway you look at it. The fact that they were able to get him to a hospital before he did bleed out is Huge. That artery can pump out 3-5 liters a minute so considering the average human has about 5-6 liters in there entire body its very important to stop the bleeding at once."