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greg737 · August 10th, 2016, 07:14 AM

I'm not an EMT but I've been (lightly) trained in first aid for a couple of jobs.

The first thought I had watching the video was that, in spite of the complete dislocation of the ankle, there was no arterial bleeding. There's an artery that runs down the front of your ankle and into your foot.

If you sever an artery in a crash like this (with apparently nobody around who has any first aid knowledge) you could bleed out and die very quickly.

Also, moving (re-aligning) the girl's ankle before real EMTs arrive with the intention of making it less painful(?) or perhaps just less horrifying to the bystanders runs the risk of breaking the artery at that point.

August 10th, 2016, 07:14 AM	#30
greg737 - Name: - Location: - Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): - Posts: A lot.	I'm not an EMT but I've been (lightly) trained in first aid for a couple of jobs. The first thought I had watching the video was that, in spite of the complete dislocation of the ankle, there was no arterial bleeding. There's an artery that runs down the front of your ankle and into your foot. If you sever an artery in a crash like this (with apparently nobody around who has any first aid knowledge) you could bleed out and die very quickly. Also, moving (re-aligning) the girl's ankle before real EMTs arrive with the intention of making it less painful(?) or perhaps just less horrifying to the bystanders runs the risk of breaking the artery at that point.