An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy. Steve Wilder said he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn’t breath.Wilder said he didn’t call 911 because he didn’t think help would arrive in time. So, the 55-year-old says, he got a steak knife from the kitchen and made a small hole in his throat, allowing air to gush in.
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How hard is that to do? I’ve often thought that if my epi pen gizmo didn’t do the trick that I’d have to do something desperate like that. Short of a cadaver, what would someone practice on?
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