Big drill big luck: A 25-year-old worker from Hebron arrived at the emergency room of the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot with a drill bit about 20 centimeters long stuck in the front of his elbow.
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He said the drill bit got stuck in his hand when he slipped during drilling work at a construction site where he works, and fell on the drill bit, which penetrated the front of his elbow.
The orthopedic department and hand surgery unit team extracted the drill under local anesthesia. The patient was transferred to the operating room, where the structures at the front of the elbow - blood vessels, tendons, and nerves - were examined to see if they had been damaged, and they were found to be intact.
Dr. Amir Oron, from the Hand Surgery Unit at Kaplan Medical Center: "Fortunately for the injured person, the large, sharp drill bit penetrated the hand when the drill bit was not working, and thus the injury resulting from the powerful rotational movement of the drill bit was avoided.
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""In addition, it was the resourcefulness of the workers at the construction site who brought the young man to the emergency room with the drill stuck in his hand and did not pull it out, which made possible the excellent result at the end of the day. Penetration of a drill of such size and diameter is very dangerous, and could cause great damage to the tissues and structures of the hand, but no less importantly, removing the drill from the hand in an uncontrolled manner could have caused significant damage.".
""When a drill or knife or any object penetrates the body, it should be left in place and go to the hospital for emergency treatment.".
