The Lighter Side of Trach Life

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Below are some funny pictures of tracheal cannulas. Most of them use the Montgomery cannula. WARNING: This stuff is not to be taken seriously.  Also, I will not assume liability for any crazy things that you may try. Go ahead—laugh your head off, but please don't call me to reattach your head!

Blowing up balloon with                   Blowing up plastic glove with
Montgomery cannula                            Montgomery cannula

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WARNING: Do NOT try this with latex gloves, ESPECIALLY
powdered ones, for this can cause immediate problems in the
trachea and possibly cause a bad allergic reaction—even if
you're not allergic to latex.
 
 


 
 


 
 


 

Short barrel "cannon"                   Long barrel "cannon"

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Long barrel "cannon" being fired


 

Front view of long barrel "cannon"                      Looking down the barrel
                                                                          of a Montgomery "cannon"!

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Preparing to load the                               Actually loading the
Montgomery "cannon"!                           Montgomery "cannon"!

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Please don’t try this for real! The funnel was plugged for these pictures.
 

Did anybody write the book on Ol’ Jack?


 

Here is an old Shiley Jackson cannula dressed up like a reindeer!









                                                                                                                            Playing New Years noise
                                                                            Playing New Years noise          maker AND harmonica --
                        Playing harmonica with trach                maker with trach                 SIMULTANEOUSLY!

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                                                                                                                         Make TWICE as much noise!
 

                                                 Digital trach?                                   Makeshift "fountain" using old Shiley
                                    ("requires" 25-pin serial port)                                     Jackson trach tube

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                                   Express route to lung cancer?                              Playing with Ol' Montgomery!

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Tracheal cyclone!

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Blowing out a candle with trach!





                                    Shooting out swabs with trach!                           Can YOU hit a bull's eye?

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                                            Note the flying swab left of the stack of video tapes
 
 

                                High power ammunition being shot
                                      out of Montgomery cannula                             Fire coming out of my trach!

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WARNING:  Please don't try these for real.  The effects were added using NeoPaint and PhotoMax Pro.





                            Ziplock freezer bag DESTROYED by one           Pumping up a blood pressure cuff--
                                                 powerful trach!                                               with a trach!

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                                                               Be EXTREMELY careful with activities such as these.  You can faint
                                                         from this and/or even possibly damage your trachea due to over pressure.
 
 

Using trach as a powerful blower to
blow debris out of electric razor!


Warning:  This "blower" may work so well that debris
may fly back toward you and sting you in the face!
This actually happened to me many times.
 
 

Of course, we can’t forget a good close up picture of

Ol’ JACK!


 
 

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