BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - There will be a gathering in Washington DC in May that draws all segments of first response disaster aid: emergency managers, planners, federal, tribal, territorial, state and ...

Hannah Schow dreamed of swimming with dolphins. Stuck in a hospital bed after her 12th surgery, then 8-year-old Hannah had her jaw wired shut, couldn't use her hearing aid and her eyes were swollen.

An obturator is a curved rod that fits inside the tracheal cannula, which is a tube inserted into the trachea during tracheostomy. Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an opening in the ...

Cerebrocostomandibular syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a combination of abnormalities affecting the brain, ribs and jaw @annacottonphotography; Audrey Kandil Audrey Kandil's son, ...

The tube, called a "trach" (trayk) for short, has three parts. The "Obturator" that is used to pass the trach into the windpipe. An "Outer cannula" (tube). This Outer cannula has a plastic "trach ...