So much sadness and pain in one sagittal plane
40 0 ReplyDoes this mean that he can no longer control his body below his neck? Can someone clarify the body condition?
21 0 ReplyThis is an internal decapitation. Spinal cord completely severed at that disjunction. Best case scenario is quadriplegia. Much higher than this would have been fatal.
41 1 Reply"3, 4, 5 keeps him alive."
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I think death would be preferable.
20 0 ReplyWait, how isn't he dead? Aren't the nerves that make the heart and lungs do their thing get severed if the spine breaks at that point?
14 0 ReplyOrgans can do a surprising amount on their own. Your heart will beat even without impulses from the brain, it just does much differently.
Not sure about the lungs, though. The
diagramdiaphragm does most of the work there. I don't know how it would act without impulses.4 0 ReplyNah he apparently lived, just paralyzed from the shoulders down.
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Probably a stupid question; would they fuse the vertebrae together to avoid further damage or just leave it?
12 0 ReplyYes, the patient went straight to surgery to stabilize the neck. However, the damage was already done and he will remain paralyzed.
23 0 ReplyThank you! Yeah, I didn’t expect there was any way the damage could be reversed, but left in that state the guy looks one jolt or bump away from death.
7 0 ReplyWas patient wearing seat belt?
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Its always the drunk crashers that give us drunk drivers a bad rep >:(
49 37 ReplyPoor guy getting down voted for a gold joke
23 5 ReplyNice to see some things never change
11 3 ReplyOnly 25% of accidents are caused by drunk drivers. #DriveDrunk #StopTheSoberDrivers
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Any hope for some sort of recovery?
12 0 ReplyMy guess is probably not, this is an internal decapitation guy is lucky to even be alive (if he is).
25 0 ReplyNot sure I would consider myself lucky surviving that. I think I'd rather die.
32 0 ReplyHe lived. Couldn't feel anything shoulders down.
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I'm no doctor, but something seems off
9 0 ReplyI don't wish this shit on anyone. But I'm glad it was the driver and not an innocent person.
5 0 ReplyIs this the crasher or crashee?
3 1 ReplyThe driver. No one else was involved, thank goodness.
8 0 ReplyWell then why is everyone saying how sad it is?
This is how every drunk driving episode should end.
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A few inches higher and life would have been incompatible with this guy.
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