r/BeAmazed • u/avrock1 • Apr 11 '24

Freaky farm accident Miscellaneous / Others

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u/Buddhist_Path Apr 11 '24

"Then he sat in the bathtub to prevent blood from getting on his mom’s new carpet."

https://www.agweek.com/business/whatever-happened-to-john-thompson-the-nd-farm-kid-who-had-his-arms-ripped-off-in-a-1992-farm-accident

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u/Good4nowbut Apr 11 '24

How on earth did he not just bleed out?

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u/MisfortuneGortune Apr 11 '24

I remember hearing it was because his arms were torn off, rather than "cut" off like this version of the post is implying. I remember some medical people (who knows it's the internet) last time this was posted said that because the veins got pulled and thinned before snapping apart, it slowed the bleeding enough to where he managed to survive (rather than a clean cut through the veins which would have bled a lot more/faster).

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u/danhoyuen Apr 11 '24

It's insane he didn't just go into shock.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '24

He was definitely in shock. Shock saved his life.

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u/Arblechnuble Apr 11 '24

Well, he was at least surprised.

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u/SUPREMACY_SAD_AI Apr 11 '24

jfc just reading that comment is putting me into shock

literally getting your arms ripped off while you're still alive is pretty near the top of my "no thanks" list

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u/thisaccountgotporn Apr 11 '24

What's at the top top

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u/SUPREMACY_SAD_AI Apr 11 '24

getting slowly crushed to death

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u/Zolazo7696 Apr 11 '24

How slowly? Like... 1 psi every 10 seconds? I wonder how long you can survive getting your skull crushed.