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Man Survives Nail In Skull
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| Jun 10, 2008
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Posted on 06/11/2008 8:35:49 PM PDT by neverdem
(Shawnee, KS) -- A Shawnee man is back to business -- and life -- just four-days after coming within a fraction-of-an-inch of being paralyzed.
On Friday, George Chandler and a friend were working on a project when the buddy lost control of a nail gun.
George thought he'd been stung by a wasp, but it wasn't long before he realized that a two-and-a-half-inch nail had pierced his skull.
Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where they pulled the nail out with a claw hammer.
Just one-millimeter lower, doctors say, and Chandler might have ended-up with serious brain damage.
(Copyright 2008 by Newsroom Solutions)
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; health; medicine
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At least his buddy wasn't claiming to be a highly trained professional.
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posted on
06/11/2008 8:35:49 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
These stories happen so frequently they really aren’t news anymore.
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posted on
06/11/2008 8:36:55 PM PDT
by
Minn
(Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
To: neverdem
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posted on
06/11/2008 8:38:52 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: neverdem
“..when the buddy lost control of a nail gun...”
I wonder what happened exactly.
To: neverdem
My Uncle, from Larned, where the state asylum is, told me that the Doctors in Kansas hit themselves in the head with a hammer, because it felt so good when they stopped. He never said if they used claw hammers or some other type.
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posted on
06/11/2008 8:45:21 PM PDT
by
Cyber Ninja
(His legacy is a stain on the dress.)
To: neverdem
Thats what you call hitting the nail on the head
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:11:02 PM PDT
by
vigilante2
(Thank You Troops)
To: neverdem
Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where they pulled the nail out with a claw hammer...thank God for modern medical technology......
To: neverdem; DainBramage; martin_fierro
Nail In Skull That would make a good screen name.
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:13:46 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
To: Intolerant in NJ
Normally, a good paramedic would stabilize and transport
let the Docs do the removal. Sounds like the bad ole days before paramedics existed.
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:18:49 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: doc1019
Oops, missed the part where the paramedics transported before the nail was removed
my bad.
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:24:33 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: neverdem
“Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where they pulled the nail out with a claw hammer.”
Redneck E.R.? “Nurse, hold mah beer! Ah’m goin’ in!”
To: REDWOOD99
You know, when the nurse lays out all those gleaming instruments on the surgery tray I don’t ever recall seeing the claw hammer on there.
To: BigBobber
Can't beat having the right tool for the job.
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:37:58 PM PDT
by
YHAOS
To: YHAOS
Wonder if they needed to get ‘er started with a cat’s paw.
To: Anti-Bubba182
//I wonder what happened exactly//
Yes
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:45:55 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: Intolerant in NJ
I would have felt better with vise grips, that way they could go for a straight shot pull out rather than the angular motion of the claw hammer.
I cant match these stories, the best I can do is one time I stepped on a naily board with one foot and then landed and hit the other. Or that time a sewing needle fell in my boot. The bone, went, it id.
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posted on
06/11/2008 9:51:05 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: neverdem
I once narrowly missed being "nailed" in the head by an errant nail gun shot. I actually saw the nail whizz by, a half inch away from my face.
Me and the carpenter took a look at the gun, and a sliver of wood had jammed the safety mechanism in the 'fire' position.
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posted on
06/11/2008 10:01:44 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: REDWOOD99
"
Wonder if they needed to get er started with a cats paw."
Whether or no, that had to smart right proper.
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posted on
06/11/2008 10:04:28 PM PDT
by
YHAOS
To: neverdem
the buddy lost control of a nail gun
Nail Gun Control, NOW!!! ;')
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:24:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: neverdem
Something similar happened in Louisiana in the early 80’s. The ER doc removed the nail with a pair of pliers.
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:27:34 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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