DEATHROAR12345 t1_jcrvnm2 wrote
Reply to comment by Raven3131 in TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG
Episode of house where they have to use a handsaw to amputate this woman's leg. If they lift the debris she goes into shock and does from sepsis, they can't fit a good power tool down there so they have to use a human powered one.
littlemusicteacher t1_jcrzk9r wrote
So it definitely wasn't lupus, then.
myusernamehere1 t1_jcs4lzj wrote
The lupus was incidental
SmartChump t1_jcsbzc5 wrote
It’s never lupus
Kramerica5A t1_jctijcs wrote
One time it WAS lupus!
SmartChump t1_jctjo5g wrote
It’s always lupus!
IAmBadAtInternet t1_jctszgr wrote
We are all lupus on this blessed day
SmartChump t1_jcu2eye wrote
The real lupus was the friends we made along the way
a8bmiles t1_jcsfcv3 wrote
So it was amylydosis?
mattaugamer t1_jctg2zx wrote
Iirc she died of a fat embolism, a common result of a severe crush injury.
YNNTIM t1_jcse8hr wrote
Tourniquet?
SomeIndividual1 t1_jct1pst wrote
can't they just tie a belt around the area, pull her out, then cut it off?
mattaugamer t1_jctg4q2 wrote
She was stuck under the building by that leg.
BabylonSuperiority t1_jcu3p2x wrote
No they didnt, it was a sawzall.
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