[kellyhound]

Motorcycle accident in Manila, Philippines.
Head and neck trauma. Trachea was fractured and air couldn't evacuate his mouth or nose. He's breathing, but exhaling is nearly impossible.The air rerouted itself through the soft palate of the mouth and into the eyes. He survived as he was able to keep himself calm enough to breathe until help arrived.

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Motorcycle accident in Manila, Philippines.
Head and neck trauma. Trachea was fractured and air couldn't evacuate his mouth or nose. He's breathing, but exhaling is nearly impossible.The air rerouted itself through the soft palate of the mouth and into the eyes. He survived as he was able to keep himself calm enough to breathe until help arrived.

Questions:
1) Has the separation between his esophagus and trachea been breached? That's the only way I can think of that someone could breathe into their head area without a functioning trachea.

2) How are his eye lids keeping a gas-seal like that? When I clear my ears via the Valsalva maneuver, a little gas excapes through my left tear duct and sprays a minute amount of tears on my eyeglasses. That amount of pressure is small compared to what Mr. Balloon Head is facing here.

Not that I'm doubting the veracity of your information, KH. It's just my brain not quite believing what my eyes are reporting.

[Karl K]

....what the hell?....

[vagabond]

Great trick- impress your friends!

[flangemanager]

The skin looks as though it's separating from the bone when he...inflates...Surely that wouldn't happen unless the underlying bones structure had been either destroyed or seriously compromised

[alyjo07]

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

[Evil Twin]

Looks like a good opportunity to perform a cricothyrotomy.

[Brainplague]

Absolutely brutal. I hate to think of what the pain was like when the shock wore off. Great post, KH!

[Eisenberg]

So many questions

[DoinLife]

that must be specail effects