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Originally Posted by SJAB  Suggest you do a google search there is a lot of info on the net with regards to American Civil war battlefield ampuations. Ok, not the time period you are looking for, but conditions would be close enough. From my own research, limbs were sawn off as quickly as possible, then the blood vessels tied off and a flap of skin (left for the purpose) sewn back over the wound with a gap left for drainage. The basics are not much different throughout history. Quickness was the key. |
Ah, thanks SJAB. I was googling cauterisation and it kept coming up with skin flaps, eurgh.
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Originally Posted by SJAB As to losing a baby. I had a friend who was in a horrible car accident and to the surprise of the doctors the baby not only survived, it at no time showed any signs of problems, then again a woman can just lose her footing, not even fall, and lose a child. There are so many factors, stress, shock etc. With regards to this, you are the writer, if you want her to not lose the child, she doesn't. |
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Originally Posted by springs1971 I don't know the first, but babies are incredibly reslient in the womb. Blood loss might be a factor, though, cos the placenta needs fed, so again, I would have thought speed was the factor. It also depends what stage of pregnancy she's at, I think. |
Yeah, the blood loss was what I was worried about, and she is in quite a stressful situation. I didn't want people to be thinking, 'hmm, she's gone through quite a lot of trauma, how is her baby still hanging on?' But if it's believable, I will take that and run with it.