Unknown Tourist dead, Dive Master ill - Ambergris Caye, Belize

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pauldw:
I'm assuming that where the lady says "atrial" bleeding she means "arterial" bleeding?
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Her account shows that she has a level of medical knowledge beyond the layperson (including me), and no doubt knows the difference between atrial and arterial.
Arterial refers to arteries (ie, the blood vessels leaving the heart)
Atrial refers to the hearts upper chambers of the heart.
 
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