A man is being rushed to hospital this morning after becoming impaled on a piece of furniture inside his home at Reid.
The ACT Ambulance Service was called to the Allambie Street property just after 9 o’clock.
Intensive care paramedics arrived a short time later to find the 60 year old impaled on a an ornamental bed head through his stomach.
The paramedics worked for about half an hour with ACT Fire & Rescue firefighters and ACT Policing officers to get the man free.
He was stablised on scene and is now being transported by the ACT Ambulance Service to The Canberra Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
10:07 AM
[Courtesy ESA]
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What’s Your opinion?
Bedhead through the stomach in Reid
30 Dec 12
He may have been changing a light bulb while standing on the bed and lost his balance. Heard of this happening before. Hope he’s ok.
30 Dec 12
He has had an absolute gutful of that bedhead..
30 Dec 12
Spykler said :
+1
30 Dec 12
Spykler said :
Oof- that’d be hard to stomach.
30 Dec 12
Spykler said :
LOL. Just had a good old fashioned belly laugh at that one.
30 Dec 12
Poor guy! Shame on the lot of you, I’m sure he’s endured enough piercing posts for one day
30 Dec 12
DrKoresh said :
boom tish
30 Dec 12
I’m going out on a limb here and say that it wasn’t the penetration he expected in his bedroom.
30 Dec 12
makes me wonder if this is the most bizarre reason to be taken to the ED.
when I was in there on Friday morning, one bloke was recovering from too many drinks, apparently his busy body neighbours had called an ambulance to take him away because he was annoying them!! sounded funny in my overtired and dehydrated state!!
31 Dec 12
goggles13 said :
Please don’t invite submissions from Emergency staff!
31 Dec 12
This gut wrenching story left me felling nauseous.Poor bastard he must’ve felt gutted!
31 Dec 12
Surely we can put this thread to bed now?
31 Dec 12
goggles13 said :
Not even close.
31 Dec 12
goggles13 said :
surely those scope for some jokes about beds in ED?
31 Dec 12
I’m betting it’s the last time this guy tries to engage in some acrobatic sex acts.