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Mountain biker drove to hospital after being impaled in the neck!

A mountain biker in New Mexico was impaled in the neck by a 2cm-wide tree branch, but still managed to drive 20 miles to a hospital.
Posted by: admin , July 29, 2015
  • A mountain biker in New Mexico was impaled in the neck by a 2cm-wide tree branch, but still managed to drive 20 miles to a hospital.
  • It’s reported that the man was impaled by the branch when he fell off his bike.
  • CT scans showed that the branch extended 1.6cm into the biker’s neck.
  • According to Dr Lev Deriy, the branch did not cause serious damage to his nerves, airway or major blood vessel.
  • Dr Deriy added that the biker was lucky to escape without serious injury given that the neck “contains a lot of very important, vital structures”.
  • Dr Deriy commended the man for not attempting to remove the branch, which he says could have caused additional injury or increased bleeding.
  • According to the New England Journal of Medicine, surgeons removed the branch and closed the wound.  

Read more:

http://www.medicaldaily.com/keep-calm-man-gets-impaled-neck-tree-branch-while-mountain-biking-drives-himself-344786

http://www.livescience.com/51636-biking-injury-neck-branch.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-mexico-bicyclist-impaled-by-tree-branch-photo_55b659aee4b0a13f9d192a3b?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

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