If you severed a vein.......?

Question

If you severed a vein (NOT an artery) and made no attempt to stop it bleeding, how long would you bleed for and how much blood would you lose??

I'm talking about someone who has no clotting abnormalities - no thrombophilia, no haemophilia - who has normal clotting.

What if it was, say, one of the veins in the antecubital fossa, not a huge vein, not a tiny capillary, the cephalic vein or one of similar size?

Answer 1

The cephalic vein in young healthy people is actually pretty big, and if it doesn't retract into a position where it's tamponaded by the local musculature it'll bleed a good deal and for a good while. I used to think it was a normal human reaction to apply direct pressure, in which it'll clot within a few minutes, but the years have taught me not to underestimate human stupidity. On the other hand, there's that great surgical maxim: All bleeding stops.

Answer 2

That highly depends on the size of the vein, the location and how much clotting occurs. A large vein severed could cause bleed out and kill you. A small vein may clot up and stop on it's own.

There are numerous veins in the body from tiny (venules) to really big (vena cava). Veins are also rather elastic and if severed may, but not always, recede into the body and shut off the flow of blood by constricting itself.

Your question is not answerable because there are too many factors involved.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Very little if you press you thumb on it, I would advise going to have it seen to but you don't actually bleed a lot from veins. The more serious one is if you cut the artery because it comes straight from the heart.

Answer 5

Many veins, dif results. You can still bleed out(die from a severed vein) So don't bluff about this. But, if this happened to you , and you posted this Q , and are still here to read this result, chances are good it wasn't "that" vein.

Answer 6

why are you asking this question? i suppose it depends on whether you cut it length ways down the vein or straight across

Answer 7

Apparently, David Kelly dies instantly an loss of blood was minuscule. You can only go by this practical example!

http://www.rense.com/general43/kelly.htm

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

I'll just try
1 min
2 mins
3 ... oh sh1t i think i got an artery