Gothamist: Car Accident Causing Impaling

peralta

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 16:29:32 -0500

"i've always wondered how hard it is to actually take a piece of something and push it through the human body- i mean, how much force is actually required?" actually, doesn't take much. i remember how surprised i was during first year anatomy at learning that a pretty thorough dissection of the human body can be accomplished with a blunt pair of scissors, fingers, and strong hands.

West Coaster

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 14:14:59 -0500

Terrible! Just like The Omen.

maureen

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:41:03 -0500

i specifically remember learning in some sort of cpr/first aid course that you should never try and remove the blade from a stabbing wound, since once it is in in there it may be acting to restrict the size of the wound and the bleeding. i am going to go out on a limb and say that one shouldn't remove an impaled object either.

Sterling

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 11:50:54 -0500

Jake: "i've always wondered how hard it is to actually take a piece of something and push it through the human body- i mean, how much force is actually required?" Holy shit! Can't you restrict the morbid musings on human mutilation to Bluejake?

brotherbones

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:47:04 -0500

um, a little originality here please? this totally happened on ER about 3 weeks ago.

joey

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:26:12 -0500

Gather 'round, Gothamist, for it is personal anecdote time: I was driving to high school one day, and there was a pick-up truck a few cars in front of me on the highway. All of a sudden it dumped all these metal rods onto the road, and since the truck was going like 65, the damn things were bouncing all over the place. Sure enough, I heard a loud sound and then the unmistakable scraping of metal on cement. I pulled over, as did three or four other cars that were hit. I checked out the front, and the damn rod had pierced the car, right above the bumper. It had gone straight through, and was still partially sticking out. Another car had one of the rods in its gas tank, and gas was spilling out all over the highway. No one seemed very concerned though. Needless to say I had quite the excuse as to why I was late for my calc test.

jake

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 09:58:09 -0500

that's like a buffy the vampire slayer impaling! i've always wondered how hard it is to actually take a piece of something and push it through the human body- i mean, how much force is actually required?