人生沒有用不到的經歷

窒息的危急時刻，只要從頸部氣管打一個小洞，人就能活過來呼吸。
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http://www.ettoday.net/news/20130926/274606.htm

美國醫師羅伊斯強森(Royce Johnson)在加州貝克斯菲爾德(Bakersfield)參加醫學研討會，當他在餐廳用餐時，突然聽見有人求救，一名婦人因肉塊哽在喉嚨幾乎窒息。由於無法立即清除喉中異物，情急之下他只能拿出折疊刀，當場為患者進行開喉手術。

這名患者是加州社區大學理事菈伍德(Pauline Larwood)，她在噎到後臉色發青，嘴唇、手指等部位也已轉為藍色。現場有人以「哈姆立克法」試圖為她排除哽塞物，然而肉塊始終排不出來。菈伍德的丈夫焦急地詢問現場有沒有醫生。

幸運的是，當天正好有一大堆醫生前來參加「溪谷熱」的研討會。加州大學洛杉磯分校肯恩醫療中心傳染病科主任醫生強森檢查後冷靜地說，「我需要一把刀。」然後接過朋友手中的折疊刀，在患者喉嚨開一個小孔，接著折斷一支原子筆管，插入切口充當呼吸管。

菈伍德太太隨即好轉過來，皮膚也漸漸恢復血色。後來她被送往當地慈善醫院，在進一步處理後情況十分良好。強森醫師事後則拒絕接受任何訪問。

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/royce-johnson-saves-diner-pocket-knife-pen_n_3989207.html

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- A noted California doctor is being called a hero after he performed an emergency life-saving tracheotomy on a community leader who was choking on a piece of meat.

Armed with just a pen and a pocket knife, Dr. Royce Johnson, Kern Medical Center's chief of infectious diseases, cleared the airway of Kern Community College District board trustee Pauline Larwood at The Mark restaurant in downtown Bakersfield, the Bakersfield Californian (HTTP://BIT.LY/16PAFWU) reported Tuesday.

Some of the nation's top doctors and other area leaders who were in town for a symposium on valley fever also were in the restaurant. 

Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, said she, her husband and state Sen. Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield, were seated at a table with Larwood and her husband when she started choking on Monday.

Grove said her husband ran to Larwood and tried to perform the Heimlich maneuver. He called for a doctor and Johnson attempted the technique as well.

"She had already started turning a real like blue, her fingers and her lips," Grove said.

After the Heimlich failed to open Larwood's airway, Grove called 911 and said she watched in amazement as Larwood was laid back in a chair and Johnson used a friend's pocket knife to make an incision in her throat.

"He didn't scream; he just said, `I need a knife,'" Grove said.

As several physicians gathered around Larwood, someone called for a pen which Johnson then broke in half and inserted the hollow cylinder to use as a breathing tube.

Earlier Monday, Johnson had appeared on stage at the symposium with Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health.

All three were at the restaurant Monday when Larwood began choking. As Johnson tended to Larwood, Frieden monitored her pulse.

"I was sort of looking at her breathing, Royce is blowing into this tracheotomy that he performed and the CDC director (Frieden) is checking her pulse," said Dr. Paul Krogstad, a professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at UCLA. "(Larwood) came around."

The procedure was successful as Larwood was rushed to a hospital. Her son said Tuesday that Larwood, a former Kern County Supervisor, was doing fine.