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“Get The Black And Decker”
By nikkita | May 20, 2009
In the horror genre, brains and drills are like peas and carrots. But in real life, well, they’re like peas and carrots. That is if you got a bad ass doctor doing the drilling.
Nicholas Rossi suffered bleeding to the brain and began drifting in and out of consciousness after falling from his bike near a friend’s home in Maryborough, Victoria.
After realising the local hospital did not have the necessary surgical equipment, Dr Rob Carson used a drill from the maintenance room to bore into the boy’s skull and relieve the pressure on his brain.
He was given advice on the phone by leading Melbourne neurosurgeon David Wallace.
Michael Rossi says his son would have died if Dr Carson had not acted quickly.
“He came out and he saw us and he said he’s only got one shot at it, and one shot only,” he said. “[He said] ‘I’m going to drill into Nick’s head and try and relieve the pressure’.”
“And he said if we can relieve the pressure he’s going to reach Melbourne via air ambulance in a lot better shape than if we don’t try something.
“Dr Carson told me all he can remember saying is, ‘Get the Black and Decker’.”
Uh, best quote ever?
The boy has made a full recovery just in time for his 13th birthday. Yay! You can read the full story here.
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May 20th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
That dude belongs on this page:
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=real_men