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absolutely amazing. I know from experience that this is also part of practice in developing countries-use whatever in hand to help out.
KH

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Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:58:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Charles Brault <c_brault at yahoo.com>
Subject: Australian doctor uses household drill to save boy
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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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