An Australian teen almost died after a shark chomped down on his leg — and narrowly missed his femoral artery. Julian McLennan, 16, was surfing on Christmas Day afternoon when the beast attacked.

The 59-year-old man cut his leg on a sharp object in the water that slashed his femoral artery. Emergency crews were able to apply a tourniquet to control the bleeding and bring him to shore.

The femoral artery is one of the major arteries in the human body. Basically, such an injury can cause quick, massive blood loss. Originally Published: March 11, 2021 at 10:45 PM EST.

Cardiologists have preferred working through the femoral artery in the groin because it is a larger blood vessel than the wrist’s radial artery, easier to tug catheters through.

SOUTH JORDAN — Formal criminal charges were filed Monday against a man accused of shooting a South Jordan police officer, severing the officer's femoral artery and nearly killing him.

Mechanical injury to the femoral artery was induced by insertion of a large wire (0.38 mm in diameter, No. C-SF-1515, Cook, Bloomington, IN, USA), as previously described. 17, 18 Briefly, the ...