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Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone has any details of the incident involving the hockey player that severed a caratid artery during the game the other night? It seemed like a major bleed, apparantly under some type of control as the player left the ice but then not much more news about it other than "significant blood loss" sent out by team PR. Could be a good learning experience for all of us as to what type of interventions might have taken place off camera.
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wow...thats deffinately an artierial bleed....thats sux.there was so much blood i hope they got him to a facility damn quik or he was gunna bleed out..
 
Happy to say that he was reported to be in stable condition following surgery. There's a number of Youtube.com posts on this incident.
 
Now in good condition

Found an updated article in Buffalo newspaper. He is now in good condition. Kudos' to the team Doc who apparently held pressure on the way to the hospital and to the EMT's who kept the fluids going in while in transit. I wonder if the Doc had to actually pinch pressure on the open artery or if direct pressure was enough to do the trick? Not a pretty picture but it sounds like the people on the scene had there acts together. Nice work people!!!
 
I saw some of the video... I think it is amazing that he had the presence of mind to race for the team bench, and that the folks in the bench got the bleeding somewhat controlled. That is an example of BLS being important before ALS... and also an example of how rapid transport can save lives.
 
Good for him, smart to go to the bench, he got there fast too. Its insane to stay so calm like that. I know I would be freaking out if that ever happened to me.

Heard he is stable condition now. :beerchug: Best of luck to him.
 
Well, a good friend of mine works security at the hospital he was at, and just so happened to be working that night.

From what he told me, it was his jugular vein that was cut, and by the time he left the arena, he had bled out a LOT of blood. by the time he was patched up in the ER and off to surgery and all set, he had gone though 5 liters of blood. The did all of their cat scans and MRIs and such, and his brain suffered no damage at all (amazingly). He is still in the hospital, but is scheduled to be released tomorrow.

again, thats what I was told by a friend of mine who works with me, and also works security at the hospital part time.
 
MikeRi24 said:
Well, a good friend of mine works security at the hospital he was at, and just so happened to be working that night.

From what he told me, it was his jugular vein that was cut, and by the time he left the arena, he had bled out a LOT of blood. by the time he was patched up in the ER and off to surgery and all set, he had gone though 5 liters of blood. The did all of their cat scans and MRIs and such, and his brain suffered no damage at all (amazingly). He is still in the hospital, but is scheduled to be released tomorrow.

again, thats what I was told by a friend of mine who works with me, and also works security at the hospital part time.
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Five liters or five units? There is quite of bit of difference. 5000ml of blood, I doubt he would be alive as well if it was the carotid, EJ or IJ it would be possible possible to loose some blood and live. Now is the serious time, post bleed. Patients can have DIC complications from receiving so much blood transfusions, as well thrombus too .

R/r 911
 
5 liters? An adult only has maybe 5 Liters in thier entire body. Maybe 5 pints?

They did control that bleeding very quickly on the ice. There was a good amount of blood on the ice from what I saw but wow Scary
 
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I thought he said 5 liters, but it prob was 5 pints. I'll ask him again, but i guess when he got to the ED he wasnt bleeding a ton, and then as soon as they started giving im blood he bled it right back out. might have been that he went through 5 liters or pints durring the whole thing by the time they got him out of the operating room and then i would immagine they would be giving him more even after. I'll ask my friend and clarify.
 
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