My landlady was just about to leave the house on her way to work when it happened.
She's a nurse, so I got to the hospital tout suite.
Unless there's any other artery in that leg, the med notes clearly state arterial bleed.
Do you want photos?
You know the rules: "Pics or it didn't happen!"
It's unlikely to have been the femoral artery but could still have been "arterial bleeding". There are many named and unnamed arterial vessels in the lower limb. If you make a decent cut in the skin, you will get some "arterial bleeding", usually in the form of a fine jet of bright red blood. This is most noticeable in a wound which gapes open, otherwise the "jet" of blood hits tissue immediatley overlying it and then the bleeding appears to be a "brisk" ooze.
Incidentally, venous bleeding can be just as bad if not worse, as the non-muscular walls of the vein do not contract. The contraction slows bleeding from completley divided arteries/arterioles (though not necessarily before significant haemorrhage has occured.)
A particularly cynical surgical mentor once observed "all bleeding stops eventually.!"
Needless to say, carving with the work piece between your legs (eg. if sitting on the floor) is a bad plan due to the proximity of some capacious pipes!