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Originally posted by Battuss
If youre home alone and by accident fall into a glass table or something else shitty happens and you cut open your subclavian or radial artery, what does one do to stop the bleeding right away and dont bleed to death. I cant imagine putting some bandage on it would do any good.
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Radial artery: Pressure in the right place or a tourniquet above the elbow while dialing 911 will save you.
Subclavian artery: You'd have a hard time cuttng this one in the way you described, but hypothetically it'd probably be fatal. You likely not make it to the phone before you passed out.