STUDENT'S FINGERS REATTACHED\Teen stable following wood shop accident.Byline: Alicia Doyle Daily News Staff Writer A student whose fingers were severed during a wood shop class at Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] remained in stable condition Wednesday after his fingers were re-attached during microsurgery microsurgery or micromanipulation Surgical technique for operating on minute structures, with specialized, tiny precision instruments under observation through a microscope, sometimes equipped with cameras to show the operation on a monitor. at a Los Angeles-area hospital, school officials said. The 14-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, was in his beginning wood tech class just before 8 a.m. Tuesday when the accident occurred, school officials said. The youngster was cutting a piece of wood against the grain lengthwise length·wise adv. & adj. Of, along, or in reference to the direction of the length; longitudinally. Adj. 1. lengthwise when he reached across the blade, losing portions of his thumb, index finger, ring finger and small finger. The boy was rushed to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. , and transferred later that afternoon to a microsurgeon specialist in the greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange , said Frank DePasquale, Moorpark assistant school superintendent. "The only thing we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. at this point is the mobility he has with his fingers," DePasquale said. This is the first accident of this kind at the school, officials said. The teen, a ninth-grader at Moorpark High, remained conscious and coherent while waiting for the ambulance, said Capt. Kevin Davis of the Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. . Davis and other Fire Department officials arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred and treated the boy's wounds. "The young man showed extreme bravery for what he went through," DePasquale said, stressing that he was pleased with how quick school and Fire Department officials responded to the incident. Early Wednesday, district officials debriefed all individuals involved, and plan to do a thorough check of the wood shop to prevent such accidents from occurring again, DePasquale said. Moorpark High School Principal John McIntosh added that school administrators will also do what they can to ensure a safe environment on campus. "We are devising strategies to do the best that we can to make sure that accidents like this don't happen in the future," McIntosh said. |
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