WFRP 1st Edition death clarification question

By Rolemancer, in WFRP Rules Questions

I don't understand the death, wounds, healing section very well.

How does this work?

Example A:

PC has 10 wounds.

Gets whittled down to 0 wounds.

Next hit does 2 points of damage. Is that now a critical hit of -2 on the chart?

Does he stay at -2 for the next hit? It sounds like they all stay at 0.

Then from there the battle is over.

The PC took a couple negative hits but isn't bleeding, however it appears they are severely wounded, which means they are still dying?

Is this where fate points are used?

Does a fate point avoid the critical hit altogether yet they remain at 0 wounds?

The different wound levels, light, heavy and severe, what do these mean exactly?

While I can read, in play, they don't quite make sense as written so some help in clarification would be appreciated.

Thank you all who help out with answers!

Edit: Forget everything I just wrote. I see now you are asking about 1st edition. I never played that :P

Edited by Ralzar