On 2019-11-11 7:36 p.m., Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:20:28 -0600, Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

NO, NO, NO, Never ever play with a blow gun!!!!!!!!!!

Blowing air from a nozzle can penetrate the skin and cause an air
embolism bubble in your veins which will go to your heart and kill you

I believe you meant to say lungs, versus heart. It sounds like you're
describing a pulmonary embolism.

as surely as a gun, I have known it to happen to a mechanic here in
Winnipeg some years back.

Agreed, PE's are risky business.


I'm not sure, I thought it went to the right heart then the lungs but I
may be wrong and you are probably right.
Anyway the person who died was fooling around with another chap and they
were playing with air hoses and one got a close up blast of air in his
upper arm which killed him.
So this is just a friendly message about how dangerous this can be.

Rene


Rene