-> We should never simply extract an object which has impaled a member. 
-> As long as the object is left in place it will keep the blood vessels 
-> sealed preventing internal haemorrhaging at worst. It's okay to go to 
-> the emergency room with a nail stapled into the cranium! ;-) 
 
->  M*i*k*e 
  
Well... It depends on how serious it is. I don't go rushing off to an 
emergency room whenever I get a little splinter in my finger. I just 
pull it out. If it bleeds at all, a Band-Aid fixes it. 
  
I couldn't have gone anyplace when I stepped on that nail. The piece of 
wood that held it was big and heavy, so I couldn't have walked with it 
nailed to my foot. (Actually, I was wearing a pair of light sandals, 
and no socks. The nail went right through the sole of the sandal, and 
was visible on the top of the foot, where there was a gap in the 
sandal. This whole episode took place in my parents' back yard. They 
had been having some construction done, and there was some debris 
around.) When I lifted the foot, the weight of the wood pulled the nail 
out. Then I ran into the house. 
  
                        dow 
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