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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:10 PM Feb 2013

This coming from Caracas [View all]

Mr Maduro stressed that a tracheal tube does not prevent Mr Chavez "from communicating and giving orders on all aspects of the economic, social and political life of our country".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/9900083/Hugo-Chavez-death-reports-wrong-says-vice-president.html

That statement alone from the Veep of Venezueala is laugh worthy.

Anybody who knows anything about tracheal tubes...that go through the vocal cords...

Folks...the mystery deepens...and I am increasingly reminded of the Premiere of the USSR is indisposed with a cold...

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This coming from Caracas [View all] nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 OP

Hugo will not be with us very much longer.. SoCalDem Feb 2013 #1

Not in dispute that his heart likely was in the right place nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #3

Whomever succeeds a transitional leader often falls short. SoCalDem Feb 2013 #6

He should not have run for this term. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #9

I'm very glad he ran, and won. polly7 Feb 2013 #15

And then there s the issue of the Constitutional criss. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #16

Terry Schiavo. That is all. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #2

My husband was hooked up to one for 24 hours, however, he was still able Cleita Feb 2013 #4

My view, they are delaying the obvious as long as possible. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #7

Perhaps Hugo has a large legal pad? sadbear Feb 2013 #5

Anybody who's been around an ICU nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #8

What are you talking about? sadbear Feb 2013 #10

This is morbid and unseemly. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #11

What, trying to make heads or tails of an actual nooz story? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #12

Not alert-worthy, just tacky. Are you trying to get a scoop or something? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #13

Nah, just trying to track the story nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #17

"Maybe your definition of a scoop is different from mine as well." Codeine Feb 2013 #66

Thank you for your post! zappaman Feb 2013 #68

The Venezuelan government has been remarkably tight-lipped about Chavez's cancer RZM Feb 2013 #25

not just neighbours theKed Feb 2013 #14

Yup, but the first effect will be to the Southern states nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #18

I really get tired of your "nooz" I guess it is a pet peeve sad-cafe Feb 2013 #71

CBC put this out this morning. Cleita Feb 2013 #19

That is consistent with English language coverage nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #20

Perhaps the merchants of dirt you seem busy to seek out reorg Feb 2013 #26

Yup, tracheal tube nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #27

It's a well known fact to those of us trained in this procedure Pararescue Feb 2013 #28

Yup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #29

Thank you. Pararescue Feb 2013 #30

Or the ICU setting nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #31

Even in a controlled setting like an ICU, yes. Pararescue Feb 2013 #32

My experience was in the streets nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #33

You're a paramedic, right? Pararescue Feb 2013 #36

Red Cross paramedic, Mexican nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #40

Fantastic work Pararescue Feb 2013 #52

Nope...I got my back with a bad lift nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #56

So sorry to hear that. Pararescue Feb 2013 #57

And the patient lived nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #59

As crass as this may sound, Pararescue Feb 2013 #60

That is the way I take it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #61

Hello ~ Pararescue In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #72

Hello yourself Pararescue Mar 2013 #75

Indeed. When you feel like a LOL visit: In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #76

Now that I've got some down time, Pararescue Mar 2013 #77

Elsewhere on the internet it says tracheostomy, not endotrach. Photos I find also show that. uppityperson Feb 2013 #39

Reading elsewhere, he has a tracheostomy tube, not an endotrach. Which is a very different thing. uppityperson Feb 2013 #38

Endotrach yes, tracheostomy, no. Which does he have? All I see is "trach" which to me is tracheostom uppityperson Feb 2013 #35

I was allowed to do the Endotrach, not the trach. Pararescue Feb 2013 #41

I found this article which talks about a tracheotomy. uppityperson Feb 2013 #45

We had news reports from Venezuela with the VP saying that malaise Feb 2013 #62

Also calls to mind late-term Reagan and Woodrow Wilson nt. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #21

My Chihuahua has a collapsed tracheal, which is common in Chihuahuas, RebelOne Feb 2013 #22

Not the same nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #24

Endotrach true. Tracheostomy, no. Looks like he has a tracheostomy. uppityperson Feb 2013 #34

Cannula tracheal, means he was tubed nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #37

From what I read and photos I have seen, it is a tracheostomy. And everywhere says tracheotomy uppityperson Feb 2013 #42

I know what it is nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #44

Obviously not an endotrach there, could be a trach under the zipper of the shirt. uppityperson Feb 2013 #46

And it could be what some of us re starting to suspect. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #48

Or dead. Indeed. I was just addressing the issues associated with endotrach vs trach. uppityperson Feb 2013 #50

But alas only one source is saying trach nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #55

Alas? Whatever. My point was... uppityperson Feb 2013 #58

"The premiere"? zappaman Feb 2013 #51

IMO, he's on life support and unconscious. Dying. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #53

Oh and this is why all this ain't healthy nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #23

Excellent point. There's just no technology available by which a voiceless human can communicate Bucky Feb 2013 #43

Not if you are that sedated nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #47

Do you really think Hugo Chavez ON drugs could be any more loony than Hugo on a good day? Bucky Feb 2013 #54

Be careful of what you wish for nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #63

nasty crisis Bucky Feb 2013 #64

Big whatever nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #65

He's on life support. And I am also reminded of Kremlin KittyWampus Feb 2013 #49

Msnbc just went on breaking news nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #67

Woodrow Wilson had a stroke while in office KamaAina Feb 2013 #69

Veep Maduro. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #70

The homophobe? KamaAina Mar 2013 #73

Designated successor, the Constitution be damned nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #74