Man Survives Nail In Skull

ozarksfirst.com ^ | Jun 10, 2008 | NA

[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)

[neverdem]

At least his buddy wasn't claiming to be a highly trained professional.

[Minn]

These stories happen so frequently they really aren’t news anymore.

[Eric Blair 2084]

drain bamage?

[Anti-Bubba182]

“..when the buddy lost control of a nail gun...”

I wonder what happened exactly.

[Cyber Ninja]

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.

[vigilante2]

Thats what you call hitting the nail on the head

[Intolerant in NJ]

Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where they pulled the nail out with a claw hammer...thank God for modern medical technology......

[Ezekiel]

Nail In Skull

That would make a good screen name.

[doc1019]

Normally, a good paramedic would stabilize and transport … let the Docs do the removal. Sounds like the bad ole days before paramedics existed.

[doc1019]

Oops, missed the part where the paramedics transported before the nail was removed … my bad.

[REDWOOD99]

“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!”

[BigBobber]

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.

[YHAOS]

Can't beat having the right tool for the job.

[REDWOOD99]

Wonder if they needed to get ‘er started with a cat’s paw.

[valkyry1]

//I wonder what happened exactly//

Yes

[valkyry1]

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.

[Windflier]

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.

[YHAOS]

"Wonder if they needed to get ‘er started with a cat’s paw."

Whether or no, that had to smart right proper.

[SunkenCiv]

the buddy lost control of a nail gun

Nail Gun Control, NOW!!! ;')

[clee1]

Something similar happened in Louisiana in the early 80’s. The ER doc removed the nail with a pair of pliers.