Omaha man uses steak knife to perform self-tracheotomy

[scattun]

Thought some EM docs would appreciate this. Quite the turn of fates when you consider the problem is usually people with no problems calling the ambulance.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_fe_st/odd_self_tracheotomy

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[leviathan]

Thought some EM docs would appreciate this. Quite the turn of fates when you consider the problem is usually people with no problems calling the ambulance.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_fe_st/odd_self_tracheotomy

I'm surprised he was able to do it properly, especially in that state of mind.

 

[DeLaughterDO]

Think it's funny this guy was in Omaha, and used a steak knife..


Omaha Steaks, get it?

 

[I heart EM]

I wonder if you really needed an emergent cric if you were able to perform it yourself.

 

[Shodddy18]

Think it's funny this guy was in Omaha, and used a steak knife..


Omaha Steaks, get it?

Man... I was gonna make the same joke!

 

[MaddieMay]

How would he manage to not aspirate his own blood?

 

[BKN]

How would he manage to not aspirate his own blood?

Midline vertical incision above thyroid is relatively bloodless. Then lay prone and let gravity do its magic.

Here's hoping you never have to remember these instructions for self-use.

 

[MaddieMay]

You're kidding. How interesting.

Thanks for the well wishes. Right back atcha.

 

[crewmaster1]

The guy did already have a previous trach which could complicate things, but my guess is that it served as a pretty good guide.

 

[roja]

Think it's funny this guy was in Omaha, and used a steak knife..


Omaha Steaks, get it?

I was, sadly, thinking the same thing.

 

[DeLaughterDO]

Man... I was gonna make the same joke!

I was, sadly, thinking the same thing.

Great minds, anyone???

Or, we are all too bored and too geeky for words...

 

[Hard24Get]

Great minds, anyone???

Or, we are all too bored and too geeky for words...

yeah, nerd number 4 here.

but you have to wonder, with quotes like this:

"They think I might have some kind of allergy," Wilder said. "The only time I get a shortage of wind is in the spring. It's seasonal."

I feel like he first legitimately needed a tracheostomy for cx, but that "taught" him that tracheotomies relieve SOB... the last 2 times he did it on himself maybe it was just allergy-induced asthma, and an inhaler or something would have done the job!

 

[roja]

Great minds, anyone???

Or, we are all too bored and too geeky for words...

I'm gonna have to go with too bored and too geeky for words.

 

[scattun]

Ok, they definitely changed the article attached to that link. The first one made no mention of a previous self-trach or possible allergies.