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Anonymous
Hey /fit/,

On a scale of 1-10, 10 being extremely difficult, how hard is it to crush someone's larynx with your bare hand? Assume a nice, deep, forceful grab at the windpipe.
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>>407121
Seven at most.

I've done it once, and I don't regret it.
>> Anonymous
>>407129
Given that you are unlikely to be posting to 4chan from prison, I assume it wasn't lethal?
>> Anonymous
I think you have the idea of what the larynx is. It is merely the area where the esophagus and the trachea split and were the vocal cords lay. It is the area right below the oropharynx. You mean, how difficult would it be to crush the cartilage? Probably not that hard, more like a 5.
>> Anonymous
Larynx? Just grip and rip the trachea. That's what I've always heard.
>> Anonymous
>>407136
collapsed larynx is fixed with some endotracheal intubation. but yeah, that guy is probably trolling.
>> Anonymous
>>407163

...or cricothyrotomy
>> Anonymous
>>407179
>>407163
In either case, debilitating but not fatal if treated within a reasonable time?
>> Anonymous
>>407190

I can't recall ever seeing a crushed larynx. I've seen a lot of shootings and stabbings and bad car wrecks, but off the top of my head, I don't remember ever seeing this.

Obviously, an airway issue is an immediate concern, and takes precedence over anything other treatment. A larynx that was crushed to the point where the airway was completely compromised would be fatal if not immediately resolved (by et tube or surgical cric).

Crushed to the point where respiration was extremely labored? then, yes, it may well be debilitating.

But if you punch some dude in the throat and it just hurts him a bit and makes him mad? you might get beat up.
>> Anonymous
It is much easier to get a debilitating nerve strike on the front-left side of the neck. Throat works, but it is too easy to lose power by clipping the chin or not hitting high enough. A straight choke is just plain stupid, its easy to break out of and almost impossible to hold if the other person knows what they are doing.
>> Anonymous
>>407201
EMTfag?