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   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
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   >Many reports yesterday said that paramedics "intubated"   
   >(don't know the exact word) Anna Nicole -- they put a tube   
   >down her throat to get oxygen into her system.   
      
   >They would not have been able to intubate her if there was   
   >vomit or a ham sandwich blocking her throat.   
      
   ummm, just addressing this one point, having been   
   a Harlem [nyc] Paramedic for many a year...   
      
   a: CPR, which involves airway management, will   
   often blow the obstruction out the mouth.   
      
   b: if there's still something there, Macgill   
   forceps, carried by every paramedic (think   
   of a curved set of scissor/grippers) will   
   almost always pull it out.   
      
   c: If none of that works, the endotracheal   
   tube is used to push the blockage aside,   
   or down into one lung (which is messy, but   
   lets you inflate the other one).   
      
   d: vomitus ain't solid, and you can suction   
   it out and go right through.   
      
      
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