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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 [...]

It was reported to us on June 23rd that a two-year-old little boy choked on a cracker.  The family immediately used the LifeVac device when seeing the child in distress and successfully dislodged the obstruction. We are extremely thankful this family purchased the rescue device after hearing about it from a friend.

LifeVac registers our 402nd life saved it was reported to us on June 23rd that a 17-year-old male choked on potato chips causing a partial obstruction.   The family was on vacation at the Dream Inn in Santa Cruz California. He was with his aunt in the hotel room as the rest of the family was [...]