Originally Posted by
Rides4Beer
Standard first aid practice for a puncture wound where the impaled object is still in place, is to leave it there until medical personnel arrive. If it has struck an artery, then yes, you can bleed out by removing it. While possibly overly cautious, he did the right thing.
Agree. However, I'd be more worried about snagging the superficial peroneal nerve than the popliteal artery, which is far from that location.