Probie F/F Perfoms Surgery

QualityLights

I don't know which was funnier. the circumstances, the age of the \"patient\" or the fact that they made a newbie do the dirty work. Laughing

From today's Middletown, NY Times Herald Record:

Newburgh firefighter performs delicate operation to save man's penis

By Doyle Murphy
Times Herald-Record
October 25, 2008

CITY OF NEWBURGH � A Newburgh firefighter became an ad hoc surgeon Friday, called upon to use a pneumatic saw to cut a piece of steel pipe off a 73-year-old man�s penis.

Firefighters were dispatched to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke�s Cornwall Hospital shortly after 9 p.m. for a public service call, Assistant Fire Chief Scott Mandoske said. Hospital personnel asked them for tools to cut off a ring. The fire department has a ring cutter used to clip wedding bands from swollen fingers, but firefighters learned that wouldn�t be enough. The pipe was an inch long, an inch in diameter and made of quarter-inch-thick steel.

Authorities said the pipe was apparently an erotic aid, but did not elaborate.

Medical personnel weren�t able to perform typical medical procedures, such as forcing blood from one side of the penis to the other in order to pull the pipe off. The man�s penis had swollen and turned purple.

Mandoske said firefighters chose a �wizzer saw� for the job. The wizzer saw is an automotive tool, powered with air bottles and adopted by emergency responders who frequently deal with car crashes. Firefighters use it more commonly to saw off mufflers.
This was to be a more delicate operation.

Hospital staff prepared the man, who was unidentified, by wrapping the skin and sliding a lubricated tongue depressor between the pipe and the man�s penis to protect him. A doctor, nurses and a paramedic gathered in the Emergency Room as a firefighter � �one of the new guys� � prepared to begin the operation.
�Just don�t cut it off,� the senior citizen reportedly said.

For more than 90 minutes, the firefighter sawed bit by bit into the pipe, pausing occasionally to cool the saw. The time duration was critical, Mandoske said. Hospital staff worried the man could lose his penis if blood circulation was cut off too long.

The wizzer saw emptied the first bottle of air and then a second. Finally, after five air bottles, the saw clipped through the final bit of pipe, and they were able to free the man. He was apparently unharmed by the operation, Mandoske said, although the assistant chief didn�t press for details.

Bonanno

LOL!!! Wow, that is something they won't let him ever forget.

Terry L · Regular Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 760 Location: Tyler, TX

[quote:a79772c24e=\"QualityLights\"]�Just don�t cut it off,� the senior citizen reportedly said..

Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 21:14 Post subject:

Where does it say he was a probie?

Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 21:19 Post subject: Re:

[quote:5451793bfd=\"FireEMSPolice\"]Where does it say he was a probie?

Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 22:13 Post subject:

wow that was a good one!! The brass and drum marhcign band im in goes to the port jervis parade every year as well as a few norhtern NJ parades where Newburgh comes to as well as my grandparents live in the town. Any time i see them at a parade or go see my grand parents, im going to start laughing!!!!

Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 22:26 Post subject: Re:

[quote:1d260cc5c9=\"QualityLights\"][quote:1d260cc5c9=\"FireEMSPolice\"]Where does it say he was a probie?

Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 23:00 Post subject:

That's gonna be just swell for the new guy years down the road: \"One of my first calls was...'

Posted: Mon 27-Oct-2008 01:28 Post subject:

This will be one of those stories that will be brought up at the guy's retirement party if he stays that long! LOL!

Posted: Mon 27-Oct-2008 02:36 Post subject:

Most literal interpretation of \"Wizzer Saw\" I've seen yet.

Posted: Mon 27-Oct-2008 02:39 Post subject: Re: Probie F/F Perfoms Surgery

[quote:f46725280d=\"QualityLights\"]I don't know which was funnier. the circumstances, the age of the \"patient\" or the fact that they made a newbie do the dirty work. From today's Middletown, NY Times Herald Record: snip

Posted: Mon 27-Oct-2008 06:42 Post subject: Re:

[quote:32d2223e79=\"Dave-O\"]Most literal interpretation of \"Wizzer Saw\" I've seen yet.

Posted: Mon 27-Oct-2008 07:16 Post subject:

Man, there's so many inuendos to this story. I didn't even catch on to all of 'em the first time I looked at this thread.

Posted: Mon 10-Nov-2008 23:49 Post subject:

This exact same thing was in the book by Caroline Paul... on the Snafransisco Fire Dept.... Not remembering what it was called. Right down to the tounge depressor.

Posted: Tue 11-Nov-2008 18:05 Post subject:

Thats an interesting place for a line break - right between \"lubricated tongue\" and \"depressor.\" Just how much defense would a tongue depressor have against a pneumatic saw?

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