Farmer Amputates Own Arm

[tomd999]

Hi All,

Found this out there.


Breitbart.tv ｻ Farmer Amputates Own Arm with Pocket Knife After Picker Accident

Tom

 

[bones1]

Absolutely incredible!. That is one tough man there.

 

[Rara Avis]

Too bad he did not shutdown the equipment, before he made his fateful decision to reach into that machine...

 

[DOUBLEG]

A Saskatchewan farmer did the same thing a couple of years ago. While repairing a stone picker his hand got caught when the reel moved, the machine was not running thank God. After being trapped for a couple of days he decided that the only way to get out was to cut off his hand. Scary to think about being in that situation.

 

[N80]

The father of the farmer who lives a few miles down the road from my property got his hand caught in a hay baler. He was an old man at the time. He yanked it back out but all the skin on the top of his hand stayed in. It was such a large area that the surgeons tucked his hand into the skin of his lower abdomen. It had to saty that way for weeks. Then, once all that was healed, they removed his hand but took the patch of abdominal skin with the hand and then just close the abdominal wound. Weird stuff.

This was nearly 20 years ago. He is dead now, but I remember visiting him in the hospital (I was a med student) and seeing his hand stuck down there. The restricted movement was a misery for him but in the end he was lucky to have kept his hand.

 

[Rara Avis]

The father of the farmer who lives a few miles down the road from my property got his hand caught in a hay baler. He was an old man at the time. He yanked it back out but all the skin on the top of his hand stayed in. It was such a large area that the surgeons tucked his hand into the skin of his lower abdomen. It had to saty that way for weeks. Then, once all that was healed, they removed his hand but took the patch of abdominal skin with the hand and then just close the abdominal wound. Weird stuff.

This was nearly 20 years ago. He is dead now, but I remember visiting him in the hospital (I was a med student) and seeing his hand stuck down there. The restricted movement was a misery for him but in the end he was lucky to have kept his hand.

Another Plastic Surgery miracle...the most maligned surgical specialty in medicine...

 

[BlacknTan]

Saw him on the news today..

Young fella' too. Too bad, but, one tough kid!

 

[N80]

Another Plastic Surgery miracle...the most maligned surgical specialty in medicine...

I think reconstructive plastic surgeons do some of the most important, life altering work in medicine. Unfortunately they get lumped in with the guys who do all the elective and purely vanity based cosmetic surgery, who are in the majority (more money in making pretty people prettier than making a burn victim less hideous). I certainly hate to step on any toes, especially since I am friends with some of these guys....but they pretty much earn their reputation.

Of course, many do both cosmetic and reconstructive.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Boy, you just hope and pray that you will never have to find out if you are as tough as that guy.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I think reconstructive plastic surgeons do some of the most important, life altering work in medicine. Unfortunately they get lumped in with the guys who do all the elective and purely vanity based cosmetic surgery, who are in the majority (more money in making pretty people prettier than making a burn victim less hideous). I certainly hate to step on any toes, especially since I am friends with some of these guys....but they pretty much earn their reputation.

Of course, many do both cosmetic and reconstructive.

I was actually surprised to learn a while ago that many of the Army doctors are plastic surgeons. It makes sense when you think about it though. They do amazing things whether reconstructive or elective.

 

[turnkey4099]

Saw it repeatedly in the news and in the newspaper. What amazes me is that after all these years, and all the bad accidents, people are _still_ sticking their hands into moving equipment.

Harry K

 

[N80]

What amazes me is that after all these years, and all the bad accidents, people are _still_ sticking their hands into moving equipment.

Harry K

They're only going to do it this one time. They're not going to get that close to any moving parts. Etc. Etc. Unfortunately, most of the time we make decisions like this is when we're already tired, in a hurry, flustered..... and sometimes drunk.

 

[Rara Avis]

They're only going to do it this one time. They're not going to get that close to any moving parts. Etc. Etc. Unfortunately, most of the time we make decisions like this is when we're already tired, in a hurry, flustered..... and sometimes drunk.

Well in actuality, they COULD do it twice...the second time, however, they'd have to wait for someone else to finish the job...