Question

At the battle of shiloh in the american civil war, confederate general
a. s. johnston was killed when he was shot in the thigh. witnesses reported that he bled to death almost before he realized that he was wounded. which blood vessel was most likely to have been injured? why is a tourniquet usually ineffective in stopping the bleeding from this wound?

Answer 1

The femoral artery was the blood vessel most likely to have been injured. With this type of injury, a person can lose all the blood in the whole body within five minutes. Rapid blood loss can prevent oxygen from reaching the brain and vital organs, leading to death.