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Mekon
Nail removed from man's heart
By Janelle Miles
October 20, 2004
SURGEONS removed a 7.5cm nail from a carpenter's heart today after he
accidentally shot himself with a nail gun.
The 37-year-old, who was building a shed on his property at Canungra in the
Gold Coast hinterland, drove himself about 400m for help before lapsing into
semi-consciousness.
His wife called the Queensland Ambulance Service just before 9am (AEST).
Emergency Specialist David Cooksley, of the CareFlight helicopter service,
said the nail went through the man's aorta - the largest artery in the body.
"He was bleeding into the sac around the heart and that was squashing his
heart," Dr Cooksley said.
"He needed to get to cardiac surgery as quickly as possible."
The man was flown to the John Flynn Hospital on the Gold Coast where
surgeons operated to remove the nail.
He was reported to be in a stable condition in the hospital's intensive care
unit.
"He's actually doing very well, I believe," Dr Cooksley said.
"He's extremely lucky. He should go and buy a lottery ticket."
Dr Cooksley said the CareFlight helicopter service had the man in hospital
within 20 minutes of arriving at the scene.
He said the time factor and the man's extreme fitness had probably saved his
life.
AAP
"Mekon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Fly-by-Night CC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Mekon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > The 37-year-old, who was building a shed on his property at Canungra in
> the
>> > Gold Coast hinterland, drove himself about 400m for help before lapsing
> into
>> > semi-consciousness.
>>
>> Meters or miles?
>>
>>
> Metres. Australia has been metricating by stages since 14 Feb. 1966.
>
> I agree with the mystery of how you would do such a thing. I could almost
> understand your foot or your hand, but your chest seems too weird. Imagine
> how awkward it would be to do if you intended it.
>
> Mekon
He probably had put the gun down and leaned over it to reach for something.
Lucky not to die from that sort of accident.
Fraser
I would have to venture a guess as the m being meters, with a hole in your
aorta and your pericardium filling with blood there would be no way to drive
400 miles.
Searcher 1
"Fly-by-Night CC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Mekon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The 37-year-old, who was building a shed on his property at Canungra in
>> the
>> Gold Coast hinterland, drove himself about 400m for help before lapsing
>> into
>> semi-consciousness.
>
> Meters or miles?
>
> Makes me wonder how such things happen... was he talking to himself in
> animated conversation while holding the nail gun? "No, I'm tellin' ya.
> It was Joe and me. Me!"<kachunk>
>
> --
> Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
> ____
>
> "To know the world intimately is the beginning of caring."
> -- Ann Hayman Zwinger
"Fly-by-Night CC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Mekon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The 37-year-old, who was building a shed on his property at Canungra in
the
> > Gold Coast hinterland, drove himself about 400m for help before lapsing
into
> > semi-consciousness.
>
> Meters or miles?
>
>
Metres. Australia has been metricating by stages since 14 Feb. 1966.
I agree with the mystery of how you would do such a thing. I could almost
understand your foot or your hand, but your chest seems too weird. Imagine
how awkward it would be to do if you intended it.
Mekon
In article <[email protected]>,
"Mekon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The 37-year-old, who was building a shed on his property at Canungra in the
> Gold Coast hinterland, drove himself about 400m for help before lapsing into
> semi-consciousness.
Meters or miles?
Makes me wonder how such things happen... was he talking to himself in
animated conversation while holding the nail gun? "No, I'm tellin' ya.
It was Joe and me. Me!"<kachunk>
--
Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
____
"To know the world intimately is the beginning of caring."
-- Ann Hayman Zwinger
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:02:38 -0700, Fly-by-Night CC
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Makes me wonder how such things happen... was he talking to himself in
>animated conversation while holding the nail gun? "No, I'm tellin' ya.
>It was Joe and me. Me!"<kachunk>
Or mebbe he had an itch that he tried to scratch without putting the
gun down?
"Mekon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Shamelessly cut and pasted from here:
> http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11128886%255E1702,00.html
>
> Mekon
>
> Nail removed from man's heart
> By Janelle Miles
> October 20, 2004
>
> SURGEONS removed a 7.5cm nail from a carpenter's heart today after he
> accidentally shot himself with a nail gun.
>
> The 37-year-old, who was building a shed on his property at Canungra in
the
> Gold Coast hinterland, drove himself about 400m for help before lapsing
into
> semi-consciousness.
> His wife called the Queensland Ambulance Service just before 9am (AEST).
> Emergency Specialist David Cooksley, of the CareFlight helicopter service,
> said the nail went through the man's aorta - the largest artery in the
body.
> "He was bleeding into the sac around the heart and that was squashing his
> heart," Dr Cooksley said.
>
> "He needed to get to cardiac surgery as quickly as possible."
> The man was flown to the John Flynn Hospital on the Gold Coast where
> surgeons operated to remove the nail.
> He was reported to be in a stable condition in the hospital's intensive
care
> unit.
> "He's actually doing very well, I believe," Dr Cooksley said.
> "He's extremely lucky. He should go and buy a lottery ticket."
> Dr Cooksley said the CareFlight helicopter service had the man in hospital
> within 20 minutes of arriving at the scene.
> He said the time factor and the man's extreme fitness had probably saved
his
> life.
>
> AAP
>
> A contractor in this town was doing some work at a local prison. He was
using a nail gun. One of the prisoners asked if you could use it to shoot a
person. Reply "yes". Prisioners reply. "NEAT"