The doctor knew that he had to drain the blood that could clot and cause damage to the brain and the local hospital didn't have the necessary surgical tools for such an operation.
Dr Carson had never carried out this form of surgery before and had to consult a Melbourne neurosurgeon for information on how to do this.
Nicholas Rossi's father said the doctor had saved his son's life by using the household drill.
The boy had originally seemed to have escaped any injuries after he had fallen of his bike but his mother, a nurse, noticed a bump on his head and took her son to the local hospital.
Nicholas was becoming unconscious by the time he was taken into the hospital, and having examined him, Dr Carson could see what needed to be done but was forced to improvise because the correct tools were not available.
After the surgery, Nicholas Rossi was taken to a bigger hospital in Melbourne and was then discharged on Tuesday, which just happened to be the boy's 13th birthday.
