Toddler internally decapitated by car crash recovering after surgery - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/02/toddlers-head-reattached-after-car-accident-in-miracle-surgery/21244125/"]Source.[/URL] [QUOTE]When 16-month-old Jackson Taylor got in a car accident that decapitated his head, doctors didn't know if he would survive. Fortunately, they were able to reattach his head in a miracle surgery. The toddler was in the car with his mom and sister when they collided head on with another vehicle at the speed of 70 mph. The force from the crash was so intense that Jackson's head pulled apart from his neck in an internal decapitation.[/QUOTE] Original title is a bit sensationalist but it's still great to see these sort of injuries can be successfully treated with a timely response.

Can the kid actually move his limbs? If so he had one hell of a doctor, because nervous system repair isn't that accurate

[QUOTE=Karmah;48828178]Can the kid actually move his limbs? If so he had one hell of a doctor, because nervous system repair isn't that accurate[/QUOTE] [I]First ten seconds[/I] of the video in OP's link shows him walking.

This is why its pointless to own a new car they can't handle a crash because if they can't handle an impact of 140 it's a waste of time.

[QUOTE=Furioso;48828215][I]First ten seconds[/I] of the video in OP's link shows him walking.[/QUOTE] OP doesn't mention a video so chill

[QUOTE=Keychain;48828276]OP doesn't mention a video so chill[/QUOTE] That is why you read the source instead of just the OP.

What fucking amazing doctors. Bravo to them.

[QUOTE=Passing;48828270]This is why its pointless to own a new car they can't handle a crash because if they can't handle an impact of 140 it's a waste of time.[/QUOTE] Not even a fucking Volvo can handle a crash at 140. Are you this dense? New cars are safer than ever, just look at the entire Acura/Subaru/Volvo lineup.

Keeping everyone uninjured after a 140km/h hard crash is next to physically impossible with the physical constraints of a car sized vehicle, the deceleration is is too rapid and there's no way that wouldn't defy current laws of physics to somehow protect the people from it.

Damn fine work from the surgeons

its amazing how much the medical world has improved in the past 50 or so years just imagine telling someone at the start of the 20th century that surgeons just saved a fucking decapitated baby

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;48828372]Keeping everyone uninjured after a 140km/h hard crash is next to physically impossible with the physical constraints of a car sized vehicle, the deceleration is is too rapid and there's no way that wouldn't defy current laws of physics to somehow protect the people from it.[/QUOTE] Even if the body of the car remains entirely intact and the passengers remain in their seats, damage will still be done. The individual components of your body simple aren't designed to remain.... Together through a deceleration like that. Organs can get pulled apart, your brain can impact the inside of your skull, etc. Internal injuries occur, such as what we see in this article.

Holy shit, lucky kid. Wonder how this'll effect his growth as he gets older. They said he'll be perfectly fine now, but it still makes me wonder if complications could arise. [QUOTE=Keychain;48828276]OP doesn't mention a video so chill[/QUOTE] Why post in a thread if you haven't even read the article?

[QUOTE=Passing;48828270]This is why its pointless to own a new car they can't handle a crash because if they can't handle an impact of 140 it's a waste of time.[/QUOTE] There's only so much you can do, cars can't be produced with some sort of force shield around them. 70 miles an hour is a ton of force

[QUOTE=froztshock;48828659]Even if the body of the car remains entirely intact and the passengers remain in their seats, damage will still be done. The individual components of your body simple aren't designed to remain.... Together through a deceleration like that. Organs can get pulled apart, your brain can impact the inside of your skull, etc. Internal injuries occur, such as what we see in this article.[/QUOTE] Basically, if you are in a 140km/h dead-on crash, you probably have better chances of surviving with no seatbelt and flying out of the car entirely, sailing through air, hoping you will slowly lose the energy with friction on the ground and don't hit anything else yourself. It's still a bad chance of survival, but the inside of the car can't do anything else but let your body crush itself.

Just so you know, internal decapitation isn't the same thing as decapitation. This toddler didn't actually get his head cut off. No one can survive that. [QUOTE=Bathtub;48828417]its amazing how much the medical world has improved in the past 50 or so years just imagine telling someone at the start of the 20th century that surgeons just saved a fucking decapitated baby[/QUOTE] Even the past 25 years has shown massive improvement. Just imagine where we will be in the future.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;48828735]Basically, if you are in a 140km/h dead-on crash, you probably have better chances of surviving with no seatbelt and flying out of the car entirely, sailing through air, hoping you will slowly lose the energy with friction on the ground and don't hit anything else yourself. It's still a bad chance of survival, but the inside of the car can't do anything else but let your body crush itself.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure there are still structures inside the car that absorb energy better than bare concrete or a tree trunk.

when that kid grows up and his parents tell him that he lost his fucking head as a baby.... how do you even react

[QUOTE=KingKombat;48828880]when that kid grows up and his parents tell him that he lost his fucking head as a baby.... how do you even react[/QUOTE] I would lose my mind.

Speed doesnt kill. [editline]Someone please help me[/editline] Deceleration kills.

[QUOTE=0x0000000C;48828331]Not even a fucking Volvo can handle a crash at 140. Are you this dense? New cars are safer than ever, just look at the entire Acura/Subaru/Volvo lineup.[/QUOTE] My last car survived a crash and its still running compared to the car that hit me that was a right off, that's what you get for driving a car from the 60's.

[QUOTE=Passing;48829038]My last car survived a crash and its still running compared to the car that hit me that was a right off, that's what you get for driving a car from the 60's.[/QUOTE] Someone never took physics. Good luck surviving the deceleration, your car might be in pristine condition, but your internal organs will not.

[QUOTE=Passing;48828270]This is why its pointless to own a new car they can't handle a crash because if they can't handle an impact of 140 it's a waste of time.[/QUOTE] yeah because I"m sure some 70's beater holden could also survive a 220km/h collision. bullshit.

[QUOTE=Passing;48828270]This is why its pointless to own a new car they can't handle a crash because if they can't handle an impact of 140 it's a waste of time.[/QUOTE] Can't tell if your being serious or sarcastic, because a crash like that in a 60s boatmobile would have killed everyone

[QUOTE=Passing;48829038]My last car survived a crash and its still running compared to the car that hit me that was a right off, that's what you get for driving a car from the 60's.[/QUOTE] If you were in a similar collision, you would be even worse off. No crumple zones means your body will absorb the full force of the collision. Either that, or it will crumple in an uncontrolled manner, possibly on you. Cars back then were not at all designed with collisions in mind. New cars supposed to crumple in a controlled fashion on purpose. You can always replace your car with insurance, but you only get one chance at living.

My car's crumple zone is the area your legs rest at. Meaning if I rear end someone at speed I will have my legs forcefully moved towards my body, likely abruptly enough to break my legs. 1990's engineering. :v:

[QUOTE=Protocol7;48829608]My car's crumple zone is the area your legs rest at. Meaning if I rear end someone at speed I will have my legs forcefully moved towards my body, likely abruptly enough to break my legs. 1990's engineering. :v:[/QUOTE] Same with my '99 Escort. You are very likely to break leg from the dashboard shifting if you are too close. Despite that, it was one of the safest compact cars the NHTSA had tested at the time, because the A pillar doesn't collapse in the offset frontal test, which pretty much every other compact failed. It was one of a couple cars that got an "Acceptable" rating out of couple dozen. Now that, is horrifying. :v:

Unless you want to go the NASCAR route that has you firmly seated in a 4 point harness, neck braces, helmet, bucket seats and a roll cage, having a crash at the equivalent of 140mph is going to fuck up your day, it's amazing that they even survived when you think about it. Surviving a crash with that much force needs to see whoever designed that car's safety measures to a raise

Internal decapitations are usually immediately fatal, and even those that do survive don't live long. This kid was astonishingly lucky to even make it to hospital, let alone to find a surgeon who could perform this operation.

[QUOTE=KingKombat;48828880]when that kid grows up and his parents tell him that he lost his fucking head as a baby.... how do you even react[/QUOTE] wasnt that crazy. His head didnt actually come off. His head just separated from his spine internally, so techniqually decapitation, but head still attached. The fact he looks normal and smiling as a baby and walking is fucking insane. Thought I was gonna come in and see a baby in a vegetated state.