Unlike Steve Irwin, who removed a sting ray's barb from his chest and died, this teen presented to the ER with a nail to his chest and wisely did not remove it. Some cool spiral CT images and video of the teen are included in the link.
Moral of the story: if it penetrates the chest, leave it in place pending surgical removal.
-Wes
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