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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CasvalRemDeikun" data-source="post: 5917567" data-attributes="member: 83969">Congrats, your wife is extremely, extremely lucky. I have had people fall off barstools or fall in the bathtub that have fractured cervical vertebrae and given themselves subdural hematomas or subarachnoid hemorrhages. I recently took care of someone that was in a fight that was knocked out. Massive subdural, epidural, and subarachnoid hemorrhages that put him nearly on his deathbed if not for the quick intervention of a neurosurgeon. Your wife suffered soft tissue damage (a boxer would have too) from her collision. She probably didn't black out for very long, perhaps a second or two, which can cause damage, but probably did not. Boxers have to be knocked out for ten for a knockout (or hit the mat three times, but they don't actually have to be unconscious). Being a fighter doesn't make you immune to damage. Honestly, the better fighters are the ones that avoid the big hits, not the ones standing after taking them. A loss of consciousness is always a bad thing. Just it does not result in permanent damage in some cases does not mean it isn't dangerous. Look at the number of boxers, hockey players, football players, and professional wrestlers with frequent concussions and blows that suffer permanent debilitation years after their injuries. There is a direct correlation between blows to the head and dementia later in life. Don't even get me started on the effects of severe alcohol intoxication (which results in LOC) and permanent brain effects. And D&D LOCs are frequently the result blood loss, blunt force trauma, or exposure to excessive heat and fire. LOC by any one of these can result in hypovolemic shock, organ failure and death. The neat thing about 4E's death saving throws was that you had to fail three. There are four classes of hypovolemic shock. Preceeding the first failed saving throw, you are in class one shock. Failing that saving, you progress into class two shock. Failing a second save, you progress into class three shock. Finally, after failing a third save you progress into class four shock, which is referred to as irreversible shock, which often progresses to death. Just a little tidbit I always found neat. Of course, a person can't generally stabilize out of class two, three, or four shock without intervention.</blockquote>

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