Would you be able to perform an emergency tracheotomy?

[Bretrick]

I had this thought, "How to know which is the Trachea and which is the Esophagus"?
Looked up a cross section picture, cutting the throat will reveal the Trachea. The Esophagus is behind the Trachea
Thought I would spread this information.

 

[Nathan]

Naw, maybe better left to a health care professional.

 

[CallMeKate]

I had this thought, "How to know which is the Trachea and which is the Esophagus"?
Looked up a cross section picture, cutting the throat will reveal the Trachea. The Esophagus is behind the Trachea
Thought I would spread this information.

Only if I'd want to face involuntary manslaughter charges! Where *do* you come up with your intriguing questions?!

 

[Bretrick]

Only if I'd want to face involuntary manslaughter charges! Where *do* you come up with your intriguing questions?!

My mind is always going hither and thither. When I not know something I make enquiries. Sometimes I share my desire for knowledge.

 

[hollydolly]

Only if I'd want to face involuntary manslaughter charges! Where *do* you come up with your intriguing questions?!

lol...same....

 

[CallMeKate]

My mind is always going hither and thither. When I not know something I make enquiries. Sometimes I share my desire for knowledge.

That's a very good way to be... lifelong learning is something I always want to do, too. Do me a favor, though? If I start choking on my chocolate... call a doctor or ambulance?

 

[Blaze Duskdreamer]

Oh, hell, no! I ain't cutting anyone's throat!

 

[Pepper]

I would go to YouTube for emergencies

 

[C50]

Yes I could do it. Sucessfully is another question, but if it's a life or death emergency you at least have to try.

 

[Lewkat]

Yes.

 

[OldFeller]

Who do I look like? Doc Martin?

 

[PamfromTx]

I don't think I could.

 

[hearlady]

Yes. If it was a loved one who would die if I didn't. Or did you mean "do I know how? "
I'd figure it out in that case.

 

[hearlady]

I think I could on a stranger if they were dying.

 

[horseless carriage]

I had this thought, "How to know which is the Trachea and which is the Esophagus"?
Looked up a cross section picture, cutting the throat will reveal the Trachea. The Esophagus is behind the Trachea
Thought I would spread this information.

Truth be told I asked my retired parademic wife your question. Without prompt or search she said: "Tracheotomy is a surgical airway management procedure which consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea.

"You mean slit the throat?" I asked. "Put like that," she replied. "Yes."

 

[Lara]

What?? I hope everyone knows that this procedure is not just for someone who can't breathe because they have food stuck in their throat. It has to be from an injury caused by an accident and you have to have a straw and a ventilator with you.

 

[ohioboy]

I may need one myself. When I look at pretty Lara, I choke up.

 

[Lara]

I wouldn't be able to do any surgical procedure without previous training

 

[Mike]

No, I couldn't.

Mike.

 

[Flarbalard]

I had this thought, "How to know which is the Trachea and which is the Esophagus"?
Looked up a cross section picture, cutting the throat will reveal the Trachea. The Esophagus is behind the Trachea
Thought I would spread this information.

Have you been watching RFDS?

I suppose under the right conditions I might attempt it, but it would have to be under the most dire of circumstances as I don't have much beyond emergency wound treatment first aid training, and that's decades ago.

 

[CallMeKate]

Yes.

Hey, no fair, @Lewkat ... you're trained to do things like that... I'd trust YOU coming at my neck with a sharp object! Someone who's only cut steak in little bits and peeled potatoes as experience, though, not so much.

 

[hearlady]

What?? I hope everyone knows that this procedure is not just for someone who can't breathe because they have food stuck in their throat. It has to be from an injury caused by an accident and you have to have a straw and a ventilator with you.

Well, I meant if I was on TV I could do it.

 

[911]

I have watched EMT’s do it, but I wouldn’t want to try it. I don’t know how deep the initial cut needs to be. These guys make it look so easy to do for them, but I would be afraid of cutting into the windpipe and not being able to stop the bleeding. It shouldn’t happen, but I seen it happen once when the EMT cut into a vessel and the blood came flowing.

 

[Lara]

Well, I meant if I was on TV I could do it.

Oh, I wasn't directing my post at any one person here. I was directing it to the thread topic in general.

 

[hearlady]

Oh, I wasn't directing my post at any one person here. I was directing it to the thread topic in general.

I was just kidding. You see TV shows like McGyver where they make it look so easy.