What happens when you cut an artery in your hand?
What happens when you cut an artery in your hand? Arteries = high pressure, veins = low pressure. If you cut yourself and an artery is bleeding, it squirts a long way and it will have a pulse. If a vein is bleeding, the sight of it will still be disturbing, but it will not be pulsatile and it will be low pressure. How do you know if you accidentally cut an artery? Vascular trauma causes Vascular trauma can result from a wide range of causes, including: Injury (accidents, falls, cuts, etc.). Violence. Pinching of a vein or artery (internal...