2oceansvibe News | South African and international news

Sponsored by RSAWeb rss
2ov Radio
  • Home
  • About
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Seth Rotherham
  • 2ov Radio
  • Café du Cap
  • Cabine du Cap
  • Cape Town Apartment
  • Media Packs / Advertising
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Anonymous Tips
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
Seth Rotherham
  • The Pathology Of A Human Balloon

    31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone in World
    Related Posts
    • Fat ‘Party’ Parrot Wins Bird Of The Year Award [Video]
    • One Of The Most Savage Political Interviews You'll Ever See [Video]
    • "Sorry Sunshine, Wrong Place" - Don't Try And Push Conspiracy Theories In New Zealand [Video]
    • The Latest On New Zealand's COVID-19 Situation
    • 100 Days Clean - Everyone's Pretty Envious Of New Zealand Right Now

    Every year Proctologists treat thousands of patients who, having suffered the misfortune of unwittingly lodging foreign objects into their nether regions, plead astonishment as to the location of the object… “Doc, I really don’t know how it got up there. I just sorta fell on it.” But the trajectory of the object in this story rings altogether accidental: A New Zealander very nearly exploded after literally falling on a high-pressure hose.

    New Zealand trucker, Steven McCormack, was working on his tractor trailer at a petrol station when he slipped and fell onto a broken high pressure air valve. The nipple of the valve punctured his left buttock and drove air at 100 pounds per square inch into every possible space in his body, doubling his volume, separating fat from muscle and compressing his lungs and heart.

    McCormack described the experience:

    The sensation was like when you’re diving with the bends, and you have to go back down to let the air pressure come off your body.

    I could hear the sound of the air going into me and the people walking around me, but they didn’t want to get near because of what they could see, it wasn’t a very nice sight.

    His boss and two co-workers tried to get him off the valve, but it acted like an anchor, so he was stuck. Even when they did shut off the airflow, the tank had already pumped half of its volume into McCormack.

    Medics struggled to treat him as his body was under so much pressure that needles would pop right out and breathing tubes had to be inserted through his torso into his lungs. It took almost three days for McCormack to shrink back to his normal size and miraculously he has sustained no lasting injuries, aside from the comic torture that he is certainly suffering given the nature of this freak accident.

    [Source : KTLA]

     

    • ← Persol “Steve McQueen’s” From Sunglass Hut – Pure Cool…
    • Smartphone Cigarette Sharing: Marlboro ‘Bump A Smoke’ App →
    • Tweet
    • Tags:
    • ass
    • compressed air
    • medical
    • New Zealand
    • Steven McCormack

    Latest News

    • The Moment Elin Nordegren Knew Tiger Was Cheating

      [imagesource:here] When you live most of your life in the spotlight, like Tiger Woods, ...

    • At Last, A Slight Decline In SA COVID-19 Cases

      [imagesource:here] It has been a harrowing few weeks in South Africa, with confirmed ca...

    • Footage From That ‘Baby Formula’ Arrest As SAPS Sued [Video]

      Naas le Roux is fuming, and it's not hard to see why. Across the country, criminals oft...

    • Tuesday Morning Spice

      [imagesource:here] Trumps' Snub Of Bidens Historic In Its Magnitude - On the morning of...

    • Latest Eskom Report Shows Load Shedding Nightmare Ahead

      [imagesource: Alon Skuy] Even if you only have the most passing interest in what's happ...


    • 2oceansvibe Partners

    • CONTACT US
    • GOT A HOT STORY?
    • 2oceansvibe Radio
    • 2oceansvibe Media
    • Media Pack
    • Seth Rotherham
    • Café du Cap
    • Cabine du Cap
    • Cape Town City Accommodation
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Business
    • Media
    • Entertainment
    • Tech/Sci
    • World
    • Travel
    • Lifestyle
    • Sport
    • Politics
  • Follow

    2oceansvibe.com is part of the 2oceansVibe Media Group

    DMMA Logo