Hey there nonny! This really depends on where they were stabbed and what got nicked. People have a habit of defining “shoulder” as everything from “under the clavicle in the front” to “the upper arm on the outside” to “the shoulderblade in the back.” In general, yeah, I would absolutely believe this person passing out within 30 minutes (and, …
Welcome back to Mangled Mondays, where every Monday we talk about another facet of maiming, mangling, mauling, and mistreating your main characters — and all of their friends. Today we’ll be talking about Wrist Lacerations as a form of suicide attempt. Because this is a sensitive topic for many readers, I’ve omitted some visuals for …
Welcome back to Mangled Mondays, where every Monday we talk about another facet of maiming, mangling, mauling, and mistreating your main characters — and all of their friends. Today we’ll be talking about Wrist Lacerations as a form of suicide attempt. Because this is a sensitive topic for many readers, I’ve omitted some visuals for …
Well, let’s see. A typical blood donation is about 500mL, whereas 1.5pts of blood is 710mL. So let’s call this a BIG blood donation. After that, he would be: Dizzy Tired Maybe a bit short of breath Would likely have a rapid pulse Might have trouble breathing or at least feel like he can’t quite …
Hey there nonny! Lots of ways to die from a fall that aren’t head injury. Minimum would be one story if the fall broke their neck. Five stories is an almost guaranteed death. I have seen forty-story fall victims. It was… not pretty. Causes of death from falling might include: Bleeding out from multiple bone …
An Anonymous Patron asked: I’m in the plotting stages of a fantasy novel, and I’m trying to put together a concept of how magic works. I had the idea that magic might be based in blood, so that casting magic would require shedding the caster’s own blood in proportion to the strength of the spell. …
This post is sponsored by Kathleen on Patreon! Click here to find out more about donations and sponsoring posts! Thanks so much, Kathleen! This was quite a hot topic on the blog a little while back, and I’ve been feeling a little remiss in that I didn’t make a masterpost about this a while ago. So let’s continue …
Hey there, writers! Today on ScriptMedic we’re going to talk about bleeding and shock! This is part 1 of a series of posts about writing better bleeding. There’s a lot that writers, and especially Hollywood, get wrong about shock, including the fundamental definition of what it is . So let’s get started! Shock: I do …