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On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Charles Brault <c_brault at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Australian doctor uses household drill to save boy
> Provided by: The Canadian Press
> Written by: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> May. 19, 2009
> MELBOURNE, Australia- A doctor in rural Australiaused a household drill to
> bore a hole into the skull of a boy with a severe head injury, saving his
> life.
> Nicholas Rossi fell off his bike on Friday in Maryborough, hitting his head
> on the pavement, his family told The Australian newspaper in a story
> published Wednesday.
> By the time Rossi got to the hospital, he was slipping in and out of
> consciousness.
> The doctor on duty, Rob Carson, quickly recognized the 13-year-old was
> experiencing potentially fatal bleeding on the brain and knew he had only
> minutes to drill a hole through the boy's skull to relieve the pressure.
> But the small hospital was not equipped with neurological drills - so
> Carsongrabbed a household drill from the maintenance room.
> A Melbourneneurosurgeon talked Carsonthrough the procedure by telling him
> where to aim the drill and how deep to go and soon, a blood clot fell out,
> relieving the pressure on the boy's brain.
> "Dr. Carson came over to us and said, 'I am going to have to drill into
> (Nicholas) to relieve the pressure on the brain - we've got one shot at this
> and one shot only,"' said the boy's father, Michael Rossi.
> Rossi was airlifted to a larger hospital in Melbourneand released Tuesday -
> his 13th birthday.
> Carsonwas modest about his feat.
> "It is not a personal achievement, it is just a part of the job and I had a
> very good team of people helping me," he told the newspaper.
> Michael Rossi was more effusive.
> "He saved our son's life," he said.
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> http://health.lifestyle.yahoo.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18129&news_channel_id=1008&channel_id=1008
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