More care needed- warning-it is gory

[Clinton1]

When we are doing a caesarian under spinal ... an arrow still has to be drawn on their tummy to make sure we take the correct baby out.

Hope a full recovery is made by the drill operator.

[silentC]

Has happened before..

Hence the arrows

[dazzler]

I hope for the sake of the good residents of Armidale that you meant incase

Actually I had a nurse draw the arrow on the teste they took out yesterday........really wanted to keep the goodone

[Terry B]

Terry is there any particular type of tool etc that causes many injuries?

I am probably not the best person to answer this as I am not a surgeon. (I am a GP but also do anaesthetics- hense the reason I was involved)
In the last 3 weeks I have given anaesthetics for 2 sharp object injuries. This one and a big gash to a leg from a chainsaw. It was in a professional wood cutter who was sawing branches off a felled cypres pine log. The log toppled and knocked the saw from his hand resulting in a very big cut deep into muscle just above his left knee.
I think the moral is power tools with sharp edges are all potentially very dangerous and we have to be very careful.

[AlexS]

Still, I'm glad they err on the side of caution. It would be a bit annoying to go in to have a gangrenous foot amputated and have them take the wrong one

Be a real bugger if the gangrenous one then came good.

Timely post, Terry. My class (which includes 2 doctors) were introduced to Forstner bits last night, and I think they take seriously my injunctionto always have either the job or the drill clamped, and preferably use a drill press.

[adrian]

An air drill and a forstner. Now there's a combination to conjure with. I know less about air drills than I do about forstners but I would have said it was a case of 'ne'er the twain shall meet.'

[meerkat]

Oh my !!!:eek:

My jigsaw incident pales into insignificance.

[Felder]

I am a GP but also do anaesthetics

Anaesthetics is pretty easy, isn't it? You know, like you don't need a medical degree or anything, eh?

Very simply, you insert the needle with the funny stuff in it and slowly squirt it in the patient until they fall asleep? And then if their vital signs start to deteriorate, you just pull a little bit back out again? :confused:

Sounds easy to me. Might pop in at the local hospital on the way home to see if they need a casual anaesthesiologist (hardest part of the whole thing is spelling it. )

[bennylaird]

Anaesthetics is pretty easy, isn't it? You know, like you don't need a medical degree or anything, eh?

Very simply, you insert the needle with the funny stuff in it and slowly squirt it in the patient until they fall asleep? And then if their vital signs start to deteriorate, you just pull a little bit back out again? :confused:

Sounds easy to me. Might pop in at the local hospital on the way home to see if they need a casual anaesthesiologist (hardest part of the whole thing is spelling it. )

Interested to see if this post lasts as long as mine did? Have a feeling that jovility is not appeciated in this thread:confused:

[Groggy]

Interested to see if this post lasts as long as mine did? Have a feeling that jovility is not appeciated in this thread:confused:

Benny, I assume you are referring to the thread with the old lady in a crashed scooter.

If you are unsure why your posts were deleted then you need to ask the moderator who deleted it ().

If you can't see the difference between yours and Felder's comments then you really need to ask the moderator.

[Stuart]

Back on topic, thanks for the warning about forstner bits - I find they are a very useful tool, and not ever having had a 'close encounter' didn't realise how hard they can bite.

I'll have a bit more respect for them in future.

[bennylaird]

Benny, I assume you are referring to the thread with the old lady in a crashed scooter.

If you are unsure why your posts were deleted then you need to ask the moderator who deleted it ().

If you can't see the difference between yours and Felder's comments then you really need to ask the moderator.

Nah thats not a worry, could see how that may offend some, was just a pic that went around work. Just thought a caption contest on it could bring out some humour. She appeared more embarrashed than hurt .

With this one I just offered advice on how to get a nicer cut with a forstner bit obviously on wood but not appreciated in context, again fair enough if my making light of a bad situation wasn't seen to be lightheated. Same as Brendans light hearted comment. Safety is the issue again so fair nuff.

[Groggy]

Benny, my apologies. Normally as a super moderator I can see all the deleted posts, however, the post you made in this thread was deleted and purged as a result of some background cleanup work underway by . When they are purged I cannot see them and therefore made an assumption. This was incorrect and therefore unfair to you.

Again, my apologies, my mistake.

[bennylaird]

No probs Groggy, I do need some control on my humour cos sometimes I see funny stuff without really appreciating who may be offended. Keep up the good work Mods.

[Gra]

With this one I just offered advice on how to get a nicer cut with a forstner bit obviously on wood

its alright benny I saw it and laughed...