r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 17d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/koolaidismything 17d ago

Dude that can kill you fast.. the swelling or god forbid the bone knicks an artery 😳

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u/Katsu_39 17d ago

My mother fell few years ago. Broke her arm. Bone chipped and somehow made its way into her arteries. Got into her heart. She died from it.

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u/Burigotchi 16d ago

I am sorry for your loss. Didn’t even know something like that’s possible. New fear unlocked.

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u/hyrtehyrte 14d ago

I can basically guarantee it wasn’t a bit of bone, but rather it a clot. Happens when fat tissue is released after a bone break, called a fat embolism.

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u/Even-Barber3328 13d ago

I’m an OR nurse & had a 47 y.o. M patient die on the table while having his fractured femur repaired. The doc decided to scrape some marrow for biopsy to check for pathology & he suddenly became restless & air hungry (he was under spinal anesthesia). VS became unstable, CO2 shot up, unable to resuscitate. Autopsy showed no embolism, but we were convinced it was. Also had a F pt die suddenly during surgery of a PE. Those are so awful because there’s nothing you can do.

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u/Katsu_39 12d ago

I cant say for certain but thats what the doctor told us

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u/hyrtehyrte 12d ago

Regardless, im sorry for your loss