Had a friend who died as a result of a leg wound that never even broke the skin. She was riding a snowmobile and tried to negotiate getting off the trailhead and around a pickup that was blocking the trailhead. The machine slipped into the truck, and caught her leg.
She went to the emergency room with a suspected broken leg. She was sitting there, then started complaining about a headache, and was gone 15 minutes later.
A blood clot from her leg injury broke loose and traveled to her heart.
That was almost 22 years ago. Seems like yesterday. She was only 25.
Sorry about your friend, but that’s great information in the context of this story, at least for those of us who don’t know much about medicine. I knew you could be in big trouble of your femoral artery were cut, but I didn’t know you could die from, what amounts to, a simple blow to the leg!