Doctor uses home drill to save boy's life


	Doctor uses home drill to save boy's life

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/eda34de5-77b3-466f-a95e-786de90260c6/23FD101E-E8D2-48F7-89C3-B2E6DCE662F7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html" href="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.watoday.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html"><HEADLINE>Doctor uses home drill to save boy's life</HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html"><P>A country doctor has saved the life of a 13-year-old boy by using a household drill to drill a hole in his skull after a bicycle accident.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html"><P>Nicholas Rossi was not wearing a helmet when he fell off his bike late on Friday while riding outside a friend's house in Maryborough, 170 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html"><P>He hit his head on the pavement and was unconscious for 30 seconds, but recovered and appeared to be fine, his father Michael Rossi said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.watoday.com.au/national/doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-life-20090520-benh.html"><P>But his mother Karen, a trained nurse, noticed a lump on Nicholas's head and decided to take him to the district hospital, where he experienced spasms and periods of unconsciousness.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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