Chances of surviving a carotid artery dissection

The chances of surviving a rupture of the carotid artery are low. Because the carotid artery is an important blood vessel supplying the brain tissue, if the carotid artery ruptures, the brain tissue does not have enough blood supply, which will lead to ischemia and oxygen deprivation, causing cerebral infarction to occur. After the carotid artery rupture does not get timely and effective hemostasis, does not get timely transfer to the hospital, may be outside the hemorrhagic shock, resulting in the patient’s life-threatening phenomenon occurs, so the carotid artery rupture survival rate is very low. Carotid artery rupture should first be compressed to stop bleeding, quickly call 120, so that professional doctors to the carotid artery for simple treatment, and then transported to the hospital in a timely manner to carry out the appropriate surgical treatment, in order to be able to save the patient’s life.