Construction crew first aid - GIF

[neilbourjaily]

I agree.

Reminds me of an older coworker who accidentally hit himself in the fingernail with a hammer. Of course, the nail immediately turned blue and his finger was throbbing. He had the bright idea of chucking a 1/8" drill bit into the nearest drill press and puncturing the nail to relieve the pressure.

Unfortunately, Mr. Genius IQ (I promise it WASN'T me!!) pushed the press down a little too hard and instead of just puncturing the nail, the drill bit got a bite of his finger and pulled his finger up and in an instant he had a 1/8" drill bit ALL THE WAY through his finger and his finger was at the top of the bit with the drill still rotating.

Yes, we laughed. Howled, actually.

Such an injury is considered to be an open fracture and is treated as such. big time infection opportunity.

[hemmjo]

100% fake.

IF that screw was pushed in, it would have made the surrounding tissue swell and bulge around the point of entry. On extraction there would have been blood and tissue on the screw.

IF it had been screwed in, the tissue would "grabbed" the screw and been torn around the entry point. Also would have been tissue and blood evidence on extraction.

[motorhead]

I'm with you on this! A sliver or a small, occasional, "ecery day" nick, is typically no big deal. A screw that is driven all the way into any part of your body could get really bad, really quick! I recently had to go to the local ER for a nasty cut on the back of my hand. Because I was working around my drill press (it was off) when I got hurt, the dr wanted an x-ray to check for foreign bodies. The images showed lots of metal particles, that if left, could have caused a nasty infection. As it turned out, each of the stitches wound up infected afewdays later, so I got antibiotics for that. Yes, I have used tape or super glue to seal up a cut or two over the years, but military First Aid taught me to never, ever remove things from a puncture wound because it could cause you to bleed out immediately.