How long can you go before finding a nail in your head??

[tarheelmm]

toothache........

 

[JonnyStarks]

"This is the second one we've seen in this hospital where the person was injured by the nail gun and didn't actually realize the nail had been imbedded in their skull," neurosurgeon Sean Markey told KUSA-TV in Denver. "But it's a pretty rare injury."

:Q

 

[spidey07]

wow, makes sense though.

 

[zakee00]

holy crap...1.5 inches into his brain?!?!

 

[dmcowen674]

Yes very common.

Those things shoot nearly as fast as a bullet gun.

This guy was very very lucky.

I knew a girl on Long Island not so lucky, she got severe brain damage while working in Burger King in the Mall and the guy in the next store used a nail gun to hang pictures.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived. It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole. I wonder how this guy will be affected by having a nail in his brain.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived.

It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole.

Dasm, I better go get a Head X-Ray :shocked:

 

[dighn]

a four-inch nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.

how the hell does that happen without the person knowing it? wtf?

 

[Baked]

You don't need something jammed into your brain to become an asshole. It comes free when you age.

 

[Looney]

This is actually quite common... not an everyday occurance, but frequent enough. I remember hearing some of these type of cases in Psych 101, where they show these types of incidents and how elastic the brain really is (in that even with some parts damaged, it can still function).

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived.

It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole.

Dasm, I better go get a Head X-Ray :shocked:

Originally posted by: Baked
You don't need something jammed into your brain to become an asshole. It comes free when you age.

Dasm, I thought I was old enough. <shrugs>

 

[neonerd]

:shocked:

 

[OverVolt]

hm.... well if he wears a blue cold cathode hat the 5% brain overclock should make up for the nail being shoved 1.5inches into his brain.

 

[tarheelmm]

I am still at a loss of how you wouldnt know something went thru your mouth and stuck in your brain....... a nail at that.

 

[Triumph]

Besides the obvious question of 'how could he not know,' I want to know how the nail got into his mouth in the first place. Was he working with his mouth wide open?

 

[mobobuff]

"This is the second one we've seen in this hospital where the person was injured by the nail gun and didn't actually realize the nail had been imbedded in their skull,"

Oh.. yeah well I can se-- WHA!?

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: tarheelmm
I am still at a loss of how you wouldnt know something went thru your mouth and stuck in your brain....... a nail at that.

It's common that folks that have been shot do not realize it for a while either.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived. It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole. I wonder how this guy will be affected by having a nail in his brain.

That guy is a staple textbook example in EVERY psychology textbook out there. Seriously, he's had at least a page written about him in every psych book I've ever picked up.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: tarheelmm
How long can you go before finding a nail in your head??

Is that a challenge?

 

[randal]

OMFG 80,000-100,000 in debt? for *FOUR HOURS* WTF !?

 

[Gurck]

There was a guy on Trauma: Life in the ER (that discovery channel show) who had been stabbed in the top of the head with a knife with a 7" blade, x-rays showed it going all the way down right through his brain :Q He lived, not sure on any long term complications.

 

[InlineFive]

Holy cow, those things are dangerous.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived. It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole. I wonder how this guy will be affected by having a nail in his brain.

That guy is a staple textbook example in EVERY psychology textbook out there. Seriously, he's had at least a page written about him in every psych book I've ever picked up.

I'm an engineer, how many psych books do you think I've perused through?

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived. It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole. I wonder how this guy will be affected by having a nail in his brain.

That guy is a staple textbook example in EVERY psychology textbook out there. Seriously, he's had at least a page written about him in every psych book I've ever picked up.

Is that the story of Phineas Gage?

The guy worked in a railyard and had a railspike shot through his head and basically lobotomised the him.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
A psychology course I took a year ago had a story about a construction worker who had a pole jammed through his brain - into the area under his ear and out the top of his head... and the guy lived.

It was an interesting study because of how the damage to his brain affected his behavior later on - for one thing, the guy became a real asshole.

Dasm, I better go get a Head X-Ray :shocked:

haha