On May 20th, 2024 a 2-year-old girl choked on a peanut butter & jelly sandwich resulting in a total obstruction. Protocol was followed but was unsuccessful. LifeVac removed the obstruction on its second use. The child’s mother describes the incident as follows: “A day I will never forget. Every detail of that day replays in [...]
On May 30th, 2024 an 80-year-old woman choked on steak at Free House Restaurant resulting in a partial obstruction. Protocol was followed but was unsuccessful. LifeVac removed the obstruction on its first use! A good samaritan who saved this woman describes the incident as follows: “My husband and I were heading out for dinner [...]
On June 5th, 2024, a 52-year-old woman choked on steak at Outback Steak House resulting in total obstruction. Protocol was not followed as LifeVac removed the obstruction on its first use. Her daughter describes the choking incident as follows: “My mom is a breast cancer survivor. She has fallen ill with a disease called [...]
EL MONTE, Calif. (KABC) — El Monte police were able to rescue an 8-year-old boy who was choking and had been unable to breathe for several minutes after eating a piece of candy.Authorities released a dramatic bodycam video of the incident involving 8-year-old Ethan Becerra. https://lifevac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/POLICE2.mp4 The incident happened Monday at about 8 p.m. Police [...]
On August 19th, 2021 1 year old Chase choked on a plastic thermometer cap resulting in partial obstruction. Protocol was followed but was unsuccessful. LifeVac removed the obstruction on its third use. His mother describes the choking incident as follows: “He was a little over 1 year old and was sick. We had the [...]
On May 24th, 2024 6 year old David choked on a chicken nugget resulting in a partial obstruction. Protocol was followed but was unsuccessful. LifeVac removed the obstruction on its third use. His mother describes the choking incident as follows: “My 6 year old started choking and got very scared. He was trying to scream [...]
On May 25th, 2024, a 1.5-year-old boy choked on a nickel resulting in a partial obstruction. Protocol was not followed as LifeVac removed the obstruction on its first use. His mother describes the choking incident as follows: “He was able to fully breathe after suctioned and the coin fell out. I think the coin [...]
On May 22nd, 2024 a 3-year-old girl choked on a licorice resulting in a total obstruction. Protocol was followed but was unsuccessful. LifeVac removed the obstruction on its second use. A friend of the child’s mother describes the incident as follows: “I was at my friends house for a playdate and our kids were sitting […]
It's great to see our LifeVac USA partners on the news covering the scale of these dangerous illegal unregulated Chinese counterfeit devices of our regulated LifeVac medical device. But one thing we couldn't help but notice... Amazon stated "it acts quickly, to protect consumers and brands by removing counterfeit listings and blocking accounts". We know [...]
EL MONTE, Calif. (KABC) — El Monte police were able to rescue an 8-year-old boy who was choking and had been unable to breathe for several minutes after eating a piece of candy. Authorities released a dramatic bodycam video of the incident involving 8-year-old Ethan Becerra. https://lifevac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Inside-Edition-Video-6.mp4 The incident happened Monday at about 8 p.m. [...]