Everything about Exsanguination totally explained
Exsanguination (also known colloquially as
bleeding out) is the fatal process of total
hypovolemia (blood loss). It is most commonly known as "
bleeding to death". The word itself originated from Latin:
ex ("out of") and
sanguis ("blood").
Slaughter of animals in meat industry
Exsanguination is used primarily in the meat industry, as a method of
slaughter. In some places, before the incision is made, a device called a
captive bolt is used. The device is placed against the skull of the animal, and penetrates to cause tissue destruction in the
brain incapacitating the animal so that the procedure may take place. This procedure may not be used everywhere, and its use is forbidden for
halal and
kosher slaughter.
While the animal is incapacitated, a knife is fully inserted through the skin just behind the point of the
jaw and below the neck bones. From this position the knife is drawn forward severing the
jugular vein,
carotid artery, and
trachea. Properly performed, blood should flow freely with
death occurring within a few minutes.
Beyond the initial cost of purchasing a captive bolt, continued usage of the method is very inexpensive. The animal is incapacitated for the duration of the procedure, so it's one of the safest methods for the slaughterer.
Slaughter by exsanguination is mandated by Judaic
kashrut and Islamic
halal dietary laws. However, the captive bolt is forbidden in both religions.
Cause of human death
Exsanguination is a relatively uncommon and dramatic cause of death in humans. It might be more precise to say that exsanguination is a
mode of death rather than a cause, since the fact of exsanguination will have some underlying cause. It is essentially bleeding to death.
Exsanguination is a
suicide method caused by cutting of arteries, notably:
carotid,
radial,
brachial,
ulnar, and
femoral arteries.
Trauma (injury) can cause exsanguination if bleeding isn't stymied. It is the most common cause of deaths
on the battlefield (though the most common cause of death
from battle is infection). Non-battlefield causes can include partial or complete
amputation from use of
circular saws (for example, hand-held circular saw,
radial arm saw,
table saw).
Patients can also develop catastrophic internal
hemorrhages, such as from a bleeding
peptic ulcer or
splenic hemorrhage, which can cause exsanguination even without any external bleeding. It is a relatively common cause of unexpected, sudden death in patients who seemed previously well.
Alcoholics can also suffer from exsanguination. Thin-walled dilated veins just below the lower esophageal mucosa called
esophageal varices may ulcerate or be torn ("
Mallory-Weiss syndrome") during the violent vomiting of the alcohol leading to massive bleeding and sometimes exsanguination.
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