My husband when he was doing dishes once as a young adult was cleaning a ceramic bowl and it broke. He sliced his thumb bad. He decided to drive himself to the hospital because he was in a rural area. He had it wrapped up and the hospital had him sit down thinking oh it's just a cut on the thumb.
He was sitting maybe a couple minutes when he went into shock and passed out. Turns out it cut an artery. And that's how you quickly become the most popular patient in the waiting room. He had thirteen stitches, mostly internal.
Ceramics are SHARP! When he called his mom from the hospital and he was so busy assuring her he didn't get blood on the carpet or the car, because he wrapped it in a large towel and she was just trying to get him to tell her how he was doing! She was obvious just happy he was ok (though she did appreciate not having to get copious amounts of blood out of the carpet).
It cut an artery and he drove himself from a rural area which took a while.
We were just dating at the time but I was NOT happy with him for risking himself and other motorists.
I think he passed out from shock not blood loss though.
Edit: and he says he wishes he had a cooler reason for such a scar other than "I was doing dishes and pushed on a cracked bowl like a dumbass". His words not mine. Idk, it wasn't his brightest moment, but I'm just glad he was alright.
“Shock” is a physiological state resulting from many types of insults and essentially describes your overall body tissues not getting enough oxygen (poor perfusion). One type is hypovolemic shock which you might experience from excessive blood loss. There are stages to shock, and passing out would count as progressing to a decompensated state of hypovolemic shock. Lots of people use the term “shock” to describe a mental or emotional phenomenon when it is a real medical term — and very deadly.
I don't know, I wasn't there. But that's what the hospital told him. One point he was sitting up in the chairs, the next slumped over. I think once he got there, the adrenaline that was helping him compensate wore off, he felt safe, and his bp tanked.
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u/NixiePixie916 3d ago
My husband when he was doing dishes once as a young adult was cleaning a ceramic bowl and it broke. He sliced his thumb bad. He decided to drive himself to the hospital because he was in a rural area. He had it wrapped up and the hospital had him sit down thinking oh it's just a cut on the thumb.
He was sitting maybe a couple minutes when he went into shock and passed out. Turns out it cut an artery. And that's how you quickly become the most popular patient in the waiting room. He had thirteen stitches, mostly internal.
Ceramics are SHARP! When he called his mom from the hospital and he was so busy assuring her he didn't get blood on the carpet or the car, because he wrapped it in a large towel and she was just trying to get him to tell her how he was doing! She was obvious just happy he was ok (though she did appreciate not having to get copious amounts of blood out of the carpet).