View Single Post
  #226  
Old 05-26-2010, 07:28 PM
MountainTi's Avatar
MountainTi MountainTi is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Caroline
Posts: 7,285
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by sheephunter View Post
Not necessarily. Put a hole in the diaphragm and another to the outside world and death is very possible. Surgeons have a name for it...... sucking chest wound. It's more appropriately known as a Pneumothorax. It can cause the lungs to collapse and be unable to reinflate. Add a hole in the lungs to that scenario and the prognosis would be very poor.
Reread the post, he mentioned the deer dropping and dying instantly. Your theory sounds to me like it may take a while.