LifeVac announces news of our 416th life saved It was reported to us that on June 29th a 5-year-old little girl choked on a piece of candy. The candy caused a partial obstruction of her airway. Her parents attempted BLS protocol but unfortunately, it was unsuccessful like in so many other cases. Thankfully the family […]
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LifeVac registers our 415th life saved It was reported to us on July 1st that a 5-year-old boy choked on an airhead candy causing a partial obstruction. His parents attempted a finger sweep, back blows first, and even tried the Heimlich maneuver. His mom then remembered she had a LifeVac kit. She has bought several [...]
LifeVac is delighted to share news from our partners in the UK of another life being saved A male resident in his 60’s, who suffers from Dementia, began choking on a piece of doughnut. The chewed-up food became a full airway obstruction. Staff acted quickly and accordingly delivering BLS first aid choking protocol. Sadly these [...]
LifeVac is overjoyed to share news of our 412th life saved On June 28th a 5-year-old girl choked on a piece of shrimp causing a total obstruction. She was unable to make a sound and turned bright red. The child’s dad did a finger sweep and attempted back blows but unfortunately, both were unsuccessful. The mom quickly [...]
LifeVac announces our 411th life saved “LifeVac Saves a Life near Saint John, Canada! We were thrilled to learn that LifeVac was used to assist a 43-year-old gentleman on June 1st in New Brunswick when he began choking on a piece of sausage. After back slaps and abdominal thrusts were first attempted and unfortunately failed, [...]
LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 410th life saved On June 28th a 2-year-old boy choked on several coins. The child’s dad attempted back blows, but he was unable to dislodge the coins from his son’s airway. Here is the mom’s testimonial: “My son had several coins in his mouth. He was roughhousing [...]
LifeVac registers the 408th life saved It was reported to us on June 23rd that a 74-year-old female with Parkinson’s, and several medical issues choked on a peanut butter sandwich causing a total obstruction. Staff at the Montana facility followed BLS protocol but was unsuccessful. The patient went unconscious. LifeVac was used multiple times and […]
LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 407th life saved. A 41-year-old male choked on rice causing a partial obstruction. Here is the testimonial from his wife: “I used the LifeVac on my husband. I had actually used the same device on our toddler about a year ago for a small potato chip that partially [...]
LifeVac registers our 405th life saved. It was reported to us that on June 14th a 2-year-old little girl from Texas experienced a choking emergency. The child choked on a bottle cap. The little girl’s parents immediately grabbed the LifeVac! On the second attempt, the bottle cap was dislodged opening the child’s airway and saving her [...]
LifeVac is thrilled to share details on our 404th life saved A 3-year-old little girl choked on a handful of goldfish on June 24th. Here is the mother testimonial: “10 am I was holding my 3-year-old daughter while sitting on the bar stool at the counter while she was eating goldfish…Her mouth was full, and she let [...]