Hmm to whoever mentioned the femoral artery...
You can bleed to death from it being opened but it would take more than a single pin p***k or needle p***k to do it.
Many shark bite victims die from the shark taking a bite out of the leg due to bleeding out of this artery.
You can save yourself though... a smart little thing called a tourniquet I believe will do the job.
I recall one of the civil war generals dieing when his subordinates didn't realize that a bullet wound hit his femoral artery and he bled to death because the took to long to figure out a tourniquet would have helped.
Here, have an illustration.Oh and apparently you can have a bypass on it... Obligatory Wikipedia linkOr maybe the
femoral vein being punctured can kill you.... Actually I figure that either or would kill you. Just remember kiddies, all it takes is one shark bite to the thigh and you could be a goner... or a bullet... I think looking at this stuff is making my legs restless.
Soooo who knows how to make a tourniquet?
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