To: Thrownatbirth
A broken femur is not a fun recovery. :-(The femur is the largest bone in the body and carries a lot of blood. A broken femur often means death within minutes from blood loss.
32 posted on
04/13/2007 4:21:25 AM PDT by
angkor
To: angkor
” A broken femur often means death within minutes from blood loss.”
I’m not a Dr. but do bones carry blood? I thought that was the job of arteries and veins.
45 posted on
04/13/2007 4:43:19 AM PDT by
lawdude
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To: angkor
The femur is the largest bone in the body and carries a lot of blood. A broken femur often means death within minutes from blood lossYou're thinking of the femoral artery
64 posted on
04/13/2007 5:04:45 AM PDT by
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