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Show Injured Man Now Recovering After Recent Accident Alexander L. Nytch, 7655 Stef-fensen Stef-fensen Drive, Salt Lake City, who was severely injured Mar. 6 in an accident at the J. Arza Adams Turkey Farm, Manila, is improving at the Salt Lake City Cottonwood Hospital. Mr. Adams said that he had received word Monday morning morn-ing that although Mr. Nytch's condition was still serious, he was making remarkable recovery. recov-ery. Barring complications, he should be out of danger in a few days, it was reported. The accident happened while Mr. Nytch was repairing a pump at the Adams farm. A mechanical part of a large crane slammed into his back. He arrived at Cottonwood Hospital by ambulance an hour after the accident, where a team of surgeons were waiting. Examination revealed that Mr. Nytch had: a hole in the upper right chamber of his heart, permitting per-mitting blood to flow into the sac that surrounded the heart muscle. A punctured left lung that was leaking air into the chest cavity. A ruptured pulmonary artery. This is the vital blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation. oxygen-ation. No detectable blood pressure and blood, pooling in the heart sac, impeding heartbeat. To complicate matters, Mr. Nytch was found to have AB Negative type blood, a type so rare that only one out of seven persons have that type. Luckily, the hospital had three pints of matching blood, which was enough until more could be secured. Surgeons evacuated the trapped trap-ped air and emplanted a tube in Mr. Nytch's chest. The lung expanded quickly to normal. They then stitched up the hole in the heart and the tear in the artery. A normal heartbeat heart-beat returned and blood pressure press-ure became normal. Mr. Nytch was talking about going home Monday morning. Hospital attendans were optimistic opti-mistic that this could happen soon. |