NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Some firefighters in Connecticut found themselves inside an operating room, working to help free a woman whose hand had gotten stuck in a meat grinder.
In a Facebook post, the New Haven Fire Department Engine 8 said firefighters were called to Yale Hospital to assist an orthopedic surgeon in removing the grinder. Three firefighters worked with the medical team in the operating room to successfully remove it.
Saturday evening around 5:45 Rescue 1 & Car 34 were requested to Yale Hospital. R1 was asked to standby to possibly...
Posted by New Haven Fire Department Engine 8 / Rescue 1 on Sunday, March 20, 2022
The Naugatuck Fire Department was the first department to respond when the woman first got stuck using the electric home meat grinder on March 19, WFSB reported. Firefighters told the station the woman’s hand was stuck, with the top of her wrist in the chute.
New Haven fire officials told The Connecticut Post that quick decisions made early on by Naugatuck firefighters made the end surgery successful.
Officials did not release any update on how extensive the woman’s injuries are.
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