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[The Anus of Discontent]

"Corroded artery" is an awesome spelling.

There's more than one goalie in hockey who's gotten their jugular sliced and lived to play another day.

I didn't know how to spell it and spell check said corroded... It sounded right to me... xD

[numerobis]

And I got a good chuckle after an annoying day's work, so I thank you.

Now it's dinnertime, and I have to corrode my arteries.  Which makes me think: another really annoying way to die from an arrow in the throat would be to have your oesophagus get infected.

[gislegron]

So arrow wounds will not stop bleeding in the current edition?

[Eric Blank]

So arrow wounds will not stop bleeding in the current edition?

They will, but throat wounds won't. Note to self; wear chainmail and kevlar scarf for the rest of my life.

[Toybasher]

So arrow wounds will not stop bleeding in the current edition?

They will, but throat wounds won't. Note to self; wear chainmail and kevlar scarf for the rest of my life.

Wrong, if it gets stuck in ANYWHERE you will never stop bleeding.

[derekiv]

Note to Self: Were admantine body glove

[Skorpion]

grab the arrow and pull it out

Quoted for emphasis. If you're badass enough, you'll survive.

[Deimos56]

grab the arrow and pull it out

Quoted for emphasis. If you're badass enough, you'll survive.

This is a gamble.
On the one hand, you might actually stop bleeding.
On the other, you might bleed out in seconds.

[Djohaal]

I've always wondered, is there ANY way, even in reality and with modern medicine, to save someone who's had their throat slashed?

It's tough, but very possible. If you're just suffering from a gaping hole in your throat, you'll be fine with some bandages and pressure, then stitches and surgery. But if you've had your carotid artery slashed open, you're beyond fucked. There is, however, a bone around your wind pipe that, if broken, will lead to suffocation unless you get an emergency tracheotomy.

One can probably survive a jugular slice until they arrive at the hospital since it is a vein, less pressure and such. However a slice in the carothid unless done in a hospital probably is lethal (and even in a hospital).
Unless yo uwere in surgery and the surgeon had the equipment to immediately suspend the hemorraghe (kelly tweezers I think) from a sliced charotid I think it would be quickly lethal.
I know in some surgeries they have to remove tumors in the cartohid body, and it probably involves sllicing and restiching the caorthid at some point, however it is unilateral.

Bilateral simultaneous slicing of the carothid IS lethal... 

However if you want a more silent and nevertheless lethal way of dying, a oespohagus tumor eroding into the aorta probably is one of the freakyest ways of dying.

[Skorpion]

grab the arrow and pull it out

Quoted for emphasis. If you're badass enough, you'll survive.

This is a gamble.
On the one hand, you might actually stop bleeding.
On the other, you might bleed out in seconds.

Bleeding out means he's not badass enough and deserved to die.

[The Anus of Discontent]

grab the arrow and pull it out

Quoted for emphasis. If you're badass enough, you'll survive.

This is a gamble.
On the one hand, you might actually stop bleeding.
On the other, you might bleed out in seconds.

Bleeding out means he's not badass enough and deserved to die.

ARMOK LOOKS DOWN ON YOUR GIRLISH BLEEDING.

[Krath]

Murdering hordes of elven scum, but there's an arrow stuck in my throat. It's not life threatening, but it's causing bleeding, which is making it impossible to fast travel. Can I get some help?

Urist McAdventurer cancels Bleed out; slaughtering elves.

[Deimos56]

grab the arrow and pull it out

Quoted for emphasis. If you're badass enough, you'll survive.

This is a gamble.
On the one hand, you might actually stop bleeding.
On the other, you might bleed out in seconds.

Bleeding out means he's not badass enough and deserved to die.

ARMOK LOOKS DOWN ON YOUR GIRLISH BLEEDING.

You'd think he of all people would enjoy it, but no. Even the god of blood has a low opinion of you bleeding to death this way.

[dennislp3]

Perhaps of little or no significance now but I would say that having any blood flow cut off to your brain is essentially lethal. In the Marine Corps one of the things I was taught was how to kill people (no shit?). They teach "blood chokes" and other nifty moves...if you choke someone properly they can go unconscious within about 3-6 seconds of no blood to the brain and can die in about 8-14 seconds because the body will react in a way that pretty much convinces itself its dead...and yeah....don't ask me...sound bass ackwards but whatever.

On a side note if you punch someone hard enough in the correct artery they can pass out (artery will collapse for a short time) and if hard enough can collapse the artery and kill them....not so easy or common but still possible...


Below is an example of said act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sTYz91y0mg

[TaintedMustard]

Well, injury to the carotid artery is survivable provided immediate (i.e., within seconds) efforts are made to control the bleeding. Ask former professional hockey player Clint Malarchuk, who survived just such an injury when another player's skate slashed open his internal carotid artery during a game. His team's trainer, a former army medic, pinched off the wound and bought him enough time for doctors to come and suture it. I'd say it's within the dwarves' level of medical capability to manage that kind of injury, at least in the short term, provided they reach the wounded in time to treat him and then do so right there in the field, as opposed to dropping him off in a hospital first.

They teach "blood chokes" and other nifty moves...if you choke someone properly they can go unconscious within about 3-6 seconds of no blood to the brain and can die in about 8-14 seconds

The first part is 100% true. Once you cut off the brain's access to oxygenated blood, it doesn't take long at all for the person to pass out, as opposed to an air choke, which can take quite a bit longer to work and is also potentially more deadly even when properly applied.

The second part, though, is not necessarily true, although obstructing blood flow to the brain for longer than a few seconds at a time can cause brain damage; the longer the duration, the more damage that is done.

I've heard about dying from holding the choke for about twenty seconds before, but never thought about it much. I looked it up, and I think it's called "carotid sinus reflex death". It's actually not universally accepted as a mechanism of death. Supposedly, strangling the artery can lead to a particular nerve being stimulated that leads to cardiac arrest.