That big artery in the inner thigh. ... Yeah you can die pretty fast if it gets severed.
Femoral artery.
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Femoral of the story
A friend of mine got heart surgery through his inner thigh. That artery is huge, so it provides easy access to the heart without needing to go near any organs. It still creeps me out to think about it, on the other hand it is pretty awesome that's technologically feasible and provides a much safer procedure with a shorter recovery period.
I had an arterial stent placed via the femoral artery. Trust me, it's pretty dang nice having a tiny scar so high on my inner thigh that my hanging balls hide it instead of a huge one on my chest!
there's a similar one on your arm. the one they give you IVs in. fun fact i was getting an IV removed and i had a fairly new RN (first year on the floor but damned competent. third day on my room and we'd gotten to become friendly. i'm pretty sure she had a family member who'd had a port and had been their caregiver or something) and she had just popped the catheter out of my AC. she pressed down with the cotton ball with her other thumb and... missed. GOOOOSH GOOOOSH GOOOOSH GOOOOSH goes my antecubital all over the room and she turns green. runs out of the room as i slowly and calmly (because i am high as balls on the good hospital painkillers) reach over and put some pressure on. about 30 seconds later she comes back in with a big gauze, i have the bleeding stopped and there were five great big red streaks all across the room. And her now that i think about it i am sure i was so embarrassed i couldn't look her in the eye. I think i traumatized that poor woman. i'm just like "hey" You really can't control your instincts until you've been through it once or twice.
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So much to unpack. Love the first gen area Playstation sweatshirt. This looks like an actual photo. What is that in the background? A toilet? Like in the jails? I need context.
Found larger version on tineye:
I don't know if this helps though...
Well, at least that metal thing is a normal kitchen. One of 26,419 questions answered. 😋
Rifle looks like a Galil, so she's probably got some relation to the Israeli military.
I probably just caused you to have more questions...
HK G36-C no?
Yes and I presume it's an airsoft. The carbine G36 was a very popular 0.5J AEG Airsoft rifle for like 50 €
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I feel like you can if you do the whole torso
This comment was written by Darth Maul.
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Trigger discipline, Sarah! For Christ’s sake how many times have we gone over this!?
If you look closer her finger isn't actually on the trigger.
If you aim too low, you'll hit a leg, which can be tourniquetted.
So I know this is a shitpost, but a pelvic shot is taught by some militaries as part of an alternative failure drill (two shots to the chest, followed by one to the head if they continue to be a threat). Its a larger target than a headshot requires, and is rarely protected by armor. Plus, if you miss, the shot is more likely to hit the ground instead of continuing flight well beyond whoever you were shooting at.
So shitpost or not, its not the worst place to shoot.
taught by some militaries
Also some police agencies.
More importantly, there are 'junctional tourniquets' now for armpits and groins. They're obviously not as effective as a tourniquet around the limbs, but they're around.
More like JUNKtional, amirite? Up top! 🤚🏼
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recoil also tends to pull high (if you're not anticipating), so a groin shot if pulled would just end up centre mass instead, where a head shot would be a whiff
And if you hit the pelvis they are combat ineffective and require medical evacuation. You have now incapacitated three people.
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as a non native speaker, what is a taint in this context?
The piece of skin between a ball sack and an asshole or the skin between a vagina and an asshole.
I see, thank you :)
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It got the name as a play on words. It ain't your asshole and it ain't your balls. If you say 'it ain't' fast it sounds like taint.
Believe it or not, that's actually one of the more recent revisions to the training. The military has been training to aim for the dick area because everyone has plates that protect center-mass these days. You cannot effectively move AND have armor that restricts your legs from working.
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Sure. You can't put a tourniquet there, but you can pack the wound with gauze.
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What is that gun‽ It looks like some kinda amalgamation of a bunch of different guns.
The stock looks like an ak but the magazine and fore end are screaming Turkish shotgun.
Looks like a G36c
Spot fucking on!