LifeVac registers its 453rd life saved On August 13th a 2-year-old boy from Alabama choked on a strawberry. His mom attempted choking rescue procedures but was unsuccessful in removing the piece of fruit. LifeVac was then used 2 times successfully clearing the child’s airway of the obstruction. First responders were called. Upon arrival, the obstruction had [...]
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LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 452nd life saved On August 12th a 3-year-old boy choked on a Cheez-it which caused a total obstruction. His mom believes he went to cough and inhaled. The snack then got lodged in his throat. She attempted back blows laying him over her knee. She then grabbed the LifeVac off the [...]
LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 451st life saved It was reported to us on August 13th that a 52-year-old woman, choked on a mucus plug causing a total obstruction. “My mom was having a severe asthma attack and stopped breathing. We performed CPR and compressions, but she wouldn’t take a breath. In a desperate time, [...]
LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 450th life saved On August 11th this precious 2-year-old boy choked on a block of ice from sorbet causing a total obstruction. Here is the mother’s testimonial: “I tried back blows first and when my son was still panicking and clearly couldn’t breathe, I pulled the LifeVac out and [...]
LifeVac registers our 449th life saved It was reported to us that on August 9th a 32-year-old gentleman in Texas experienced a choking incident. While enjoying a hot dog a piece became lodged in his airway causing a total obstruction. LifeVac was used three times in a sitting position and successfully dislodged the food!
LifeVac announces our 448th life saved On August 10th a 2-year-old boy choked on a grape. The child’s grandparents were feeding their grandson. The child ate a tiny grape but although it was very small it became lodged in his throat. His grandmother knew something was wrong and yelled up to her daughter. They attempted [...]
LifeVac is delighted to share news on our 446th life saved Our partners in the UK shared the news: “It was reported to us from a care home situated in Scotland that LifeVac was again deployed in a choking emergency. Helping save another life when all else failed. A 92-year-old female, who suffers from Dementia and [...]
LifeVac registers its 445th life saved It was reported to us that on August 6th a 6-year-old boy choked on a marble. His parent attempted choking rescue procedures, but those methods failed. While the child was standing his mother put her arm around his neck to support his head and applied the LifeVac. On the second Place, [...]
LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 444th life saved On August 5th it was reported to us that a 41-year-old woman choked on a hot meatball causing a total obstruction. The video was caught on their home surveillance camera. Her daughter quickly saw her mother in distress and yelled to her dad. The woman’s husband [...]
LifeVac is proud to announce our 443rd life saved On August 4th Stephanie Fisher saved the life of an 84-year-old woman at an Eggs Up Grill in South Carolina. The female patron choked while having breakfast at the Myrtle Beach restaurant. The customer was sitting in a booth when the choking incident occurred. The Good Samaritan [...]