[lawdude]

” A broken femur often means death within minutes from blood loss.”

I’m not a Dr. but do bones carry blood? I thought that was the job of arteries and veins.

[Malsua]

I’m not a Dr. but do bones carry blood? I thought that was the job of arteries and veins. If you've enough trauma to break a femur, the chances that your femoral artery was severed are quite elevated. You'll bleed out in minutes if it's completely severed.

[Mom MD]

a broken femur can cause significant blood loss although death is rare. The bone does not carry a lot of blood, but is in very close proximity to some large (femoral artery and vein) blood vessels that can be lacerated by jagged bone edges.

[mware]

The femur is one of the long bones that makes red blood cells.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I think the point is if you manage to break the biggest bone in your body the arteries and veins didn’t do so well either!