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DevinEww..... :( you expect me to awnser that! well.... fine ...i....will umm...i think ........... pain.......... NO! actually you'd feel nothing its the onely organ that is not connected to the nerve asistm BUT YOU STILL NEED IT TO SURVIVE!!!! so don't go cutting it of to test or anything! You'd be a goner!
Even if your carotid artery was cut by a doctor on the operating table you would mostly likely still die. If you aren't in the hospital (at home for instance) and your friend cuts his carotid, by the time you get the phone and dial 911 he will be dead. I have seen it happen. You can try direct pressure but...
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If a main artery in the leg is cut how long will it take for you to bleed to death?
If it is the femoral artery, you will bleed out extremely fast. Probably faster than it will take you to get to a hospital. Being the main artery in the leg that comes directly from the aorta, it contains an immense amount of pressure, which means, LOTS of blood.
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.
When you will die when you cut vein or artery?
It depends on the severity of the cut. If you cut an artery, you are more likely to die, or at least more quickly.
Is it more dangerous to cut a vein or artery and why?
An artery because blood is pumped through the arteries at a much higher pressure than the veins. Therefore if you cut an artery you will lose a lot more blood a lot quicker than if you cut a vein.
What is an cut artery called and it bleeds?
Laceration
