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Steady hand for a genital emergency
A man who went to casualty with his penis stuck in a steel pipe had to
be cut free by firefighters using a metal grinder. Skip related
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Steady hand for a genital emergency
Medics at Southampton General Hospital could not get the man's penis
out of the stainless steel pipe because the restricted blood flow had
caused it to become aroused, so they called in Hampshire Fire and
Rescue Service.
They turned up with a special equipment unit from St Mary's station in
Southampton and seven firefighters to help in what a spokesman said
was a "delicate operation".
The firefighters used the four-and-a-half-inch grinder to cut the pipe
from around the man's penis and it took about 30 minutes.
The patient was given an anaesthetic and his penis was left bruised
and swollen but otherwise unharmed.
The anxious man, aged about 40, gave hospital staff no explanation
about how the pipe got stuck after he turned up on Tuesday morning.
A Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Initially the
crew did not have the appropriate cutting equipment to free the man.
"It was a very delicate operation that required a very steady hand and
the crew was worried about things getting too hot during the cutting.
"It's certainly an unusual call-out and I'm sure the man won't be
getting into that situation again."