I volunteer on Thursdays in the CT department of the University of Alberta Hospital.
Today, someone came in who had been in a Vehicle Accident ... 100km/h into a railway pole.
One guy was decapitated on the spot, and the other one, the unlucky one, had a swollen brain. When the brain swells it pushes out against the skull, but it can only push so much, and so, with enough swelling, it will start to push down the vertebral column. This was his story. Apparently, if he's really lucky (or unlucky), the doctors will be able to drain blood from his brain and he will live, but will probably be a vegetable, or have significant brain damage.
Alcohol, speed (both drugs and velocity) and the wheel. Bad combination
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Poor guy.
But I maintain that we should break his nose to let the blood out.
Just smash his face with a baseball Bat. Believe me, he'll thank us later!
Just another reason not to drink...
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