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LifeVac announces our 442nd life saved It was reported to us that a choking incident took at a New Jersey residence on July 21st. A 75-year-old female choked on pasta & a hot dog.  A member of a New Jersey-certified community emergency response team heard a choking call come in on a police officer’s radio.  The [...]

LifeVac announces our 441st life saved It was reported to us that on July 25th a 5-year-old boy with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) choked on French fries. LifeVac was used two times and successfully removed the obstruction.Here is the testimonial from the child’s mother. “Cure SMA partnered with LifeVac to send out a device to every [...]

LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 440th life saved. It was reported to us that on July 27th a 3-year-old little girl choked on Play-Doh causing a total obstruction. She was not making a sound and was turning blue.  Her uncle had a LifeVac that was given to him by his mother-in-law at [...]

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 439th life saved. It was reported to us that on July 24th a 72-year-old woman choked on a piece of chicken causing a total obstruction.  Protocol was followed by her husband, but she is very petite, and her husband did not want to hurt her.  They keep the LifeVac right near [...]

LifeVac announces our 438th life saved. It was reported to us that on July 27th a 21-month-old little girl choked on an apple slice causing a partial obstruction.  Back blows were performed by her mother multiple times but unfortunately did not successfully remove the apple.  LifeVac was then administered. “On the first try of using [...]

LifeVac announces our 436th life saved It was reported to us that a choking incident took place at a Florida home on May 24th.  A 3-year-old boy suffered a febrile seizure as he was eating a snack. He began to choke on a muffin causing his airway to become obstructed. His parent attempted choking rescue [...]

We are extremely pleased to share wonderful news from our partners in the UK “We have been informed that LifeVac was called to action once again. This time within a care home situated in Scotland, in a choking emergency.” A 79-year-old female resident with Dementia, was enjoying her meal. Food quickly became lodged in her [...]

LifeVac announces our 433rd life saved It was reported to us that on July 21st a choking incident took place at a home in Michigan.  An 18-month-old boy with Cerebral Palsy/Hydrocephalus choked on a piece of mango causing an almost complete blockage. Back blows were performed but failed to dislodge the fruit.  The child was [...]

LifeVac is thrilled to announce our 432nd life saved It was reported to us by a Good Samaritan that a choking incident occurred on July 25th at an adult daycare center for those individuals with neurological disabilities.  A 57-year-old male patient choked on a peanut butter sandwich. The unit was purchased by a mom who has two young [...]

LifeVac announces our 431st life saved It was reported to us that on July 20th a choking incident took place at a home in Texas. A 13-month-old baby boy with a heart condition choked on a piece of plastic. Choking rescue procedures were carried out but attempts failed at dislodging the object and the child [...]