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Originally Posted by Ansel Marrow That is a sad story, though I had a question. Even with a jacket how would thay have prevented his arm from being broken? If it was armored maybe? |
//Looking at this from the standpoint of a critical care nurse, I'm not entirely sure that even full leathers would have prevented broken bones.
//What they would have done is prevent the impaired skin integrity. The impaired skin integrity allowed pathogens into the wounds and caused systemic sepsis. The systemic sepsis is what had the biggest impact on him, aside from the psychological impact from loss of hand functionality. The sepsis is what almost killed him. That's what caused major organ failure and caused him to be on a vent. I'd guess he probably had dialysis as well(systemic sepsis almost always includes renal failure). Protective gear over the abraded areas would likely have kept him from becoming septic, and good gloves would have saved the fingers.
//With full protective gear he'd have likely been a sack of broken bones, but an intact sack of broken bones instead of a perforated one.
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