ELIF: How do surgeons prevent you from bleeding out during surgery?
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Depends really. Aside from major vessels, not much blood is lost during a surgery. Tourniquets for limbs and careful positioning of incisions for more general stuff. Hollow organs, the major vessels, and scalp stuff all can involve a lot of bleeding if not done right. There’s packing agents, clamps, and creating pressure that all help too. I’ve had people lose more blood from me putting in a breathing tube (accidental damage to a tonsil) than lost in some surgeries.
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