Also known as: Broken thigh bone
Sadie sustained a compound femoral fracture with impalement on a metal shard when she fell into an abandoned well. The injury resulted in significant blood loss, shock, and loss of circulation to the leg, necessitating field amputation below the knee to facilitate rescue.
Also known as: Leg amputation
Due to the impalement injury and compromised circulation, Mitch performs a field amputation of Sadie's lower right leg while she is trapped in the well, using ketamine sedation. This allows her to be safely extracted from the metal rod.
Also known as: Shock from blood loss
Sadie develops hemorrhagic shock from blood loss due to her leg injury, manifesting as tachycardia, hypothermia, and progressive numbness. She requires tourniquet application and emergency blood transfusion.
Also known as: Broken arm
Emelia, a young child, sustains a forearm fracture when she falls into the abandoned well. Despite the fall, she is otherwise remarkably uninjured and is successfully rescued first.
Also known as: Cardiac arrest from lack of oxygen
Mitch develops hypoxic cardiac arrest after being trapped in a collapsed rescue tunnel with limited air supply. He loses consciousness and requires CPR and resuscitation when finally extracted.
Also known as: Trampled
When the rescue tunnel collapses, Mitch is buried up to his chest in rubble, with ankle pain and inability to feel his legs initially. He is trapped in an air pocket with limited oxygen.