From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 53 minutes, implying an average day-over-day increase of 1.8 minutes. The shortest day of the month is February 1 with 10:34 hours of daylight; the longest day is February 29 with 11:27 hours of daylight.
A tracheostomy is a surgically made hole that goes through the front of your neck into your trachea, or windpipe. A breathing tube, called a trach tube, is placed through the hole and directly into your windpipe to help you breathe. A tracheostomy may be used to help people who need to be on ventilators for more than a couple of weeks or who have conditions that block the upper airways.
The neck is cleaned and draped. Surgical cuts are made to reveal the tough cartilage rings that form the outer wall of the trachea. The surgeon creates an opening into the trachea and inserts a tracheostomy tube.