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LifeVac registers its 305th life saved It was recently reported to us that a choking incident took place in December of 2021 when a 2-year-old little girl choked on cheese.  The food caused a total blockage of the child’s airway.  When back blows failed the child’s mother utilized the LifeVac device and successfully dislodged the [...]

LifeVac announces our 304th life saved It was reported to us that on March 17th a 5-year-old boy choked on a piece of chicken.  The chicken caused a partial blockage of the child’s airway.  Choking rescue protocol was followed but was unsuccessful.  The child was laid down and LifeVac was utilized. One the first Place, Push, [...]

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 303rd life saved On March 14th we received news that a 57-year-old woman with Huntington’s Disease choked on a meatball.  The food caused a full blockage of her airway.  Abdominal thrusts were performed by her husband but she is quite frail and they were unsuccessful.  LifeVac was then utilized [...]

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 301st life saved. On March 9th a 47-year-old male choked on a piece of steak. The gentleman was having dinner with the family when his sister-in-law realized he was choking.  As a nurse, she knew exactly what to do and immediately took action and started performing abdominal thrusts.  She [...]

LifeVac is overjoyed to announce our 300th life saved! On March 10th a 64-year-old male with Kennedy’s disease choked on a sandwich.  The food caused a total blockage of his airway.  His wife performed the Heimlich maneuver but was unsuccessful in dislodging the sandwich.  On the 1st Place, Push, Pull motion the obstruction was dislodged saving his life.  “He immediately stopped choking”  Thankfully [...]

LifeVac registers the 299th reported usage On February 24th a 54 yr old male (intellectually disabled) at a nursing home in Poland choked on a donut causing a total blockage of his airway. The choking victim was not discovered for 5-10 mins.  LifeVac was used several times and removed part of the obstruction. The LifeVac device assisted staff in being [...]

LifeVac announces our 298th life saved. We are so pleased to announce an elderly female patient was saved at a long-term care home in Ontario, Canada! On February 3rd the elderly lady was eating pieces of ham and experienced a blockage. Staff quickly did chest compressions and finger sweeps but the blockage was still present. [...]

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 297th life saved On January 26th a 32-year-old female with Cerebral Palsy began choking on a piece of bread and a mixture of other food.  The food caused almost a full blockage of her airway.  Her mother who is CPR trained did a finger sweep but was [...]

LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 296th life saved When a 9-year-old girl choked on a small toy her parents jumped into action to dislodge the obstruction.  Here is the frightening story shared by the child’s dad on the choking incident. “In February of 2022, my 9- year-old foster daughter, “A”, put a small [...]

LifeVac announces our 295th life saved On February 22nd, a 4-year-old autistic girl started choking and was having difficulty breathing.  Her grandmother started choking rescue protocol right away.  Back blows were unsuccessful in dislodging the foreign body obstruction. LifeVac was then used and in the 3rd place, push, pull motion dislodged the obstruction. “I do [...]