83-Year-Old Care Home Resident Saved with LifeVac – #469

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 469th life saved “This time within another UK care home. An 83-Year-Old female resident, who resides in a care home in Wales, came into difficulty while enjoying her breakfast. Pureed food became stuck in her airway, creating a partial airway obstruction. Abdominal thrusts could not be performed as [...]

3-Year-Old Chokes on Cracker and is Saved with LifeVac – #468

LifeVac registers our 468th life saved On August 22nd we received news of a 3-year-old boy who choked on a cracker.  The food partially obstructed his airway.  His parent realizing her son was in distress, performed choking rescue protocol.  Unfortunately, attempts failed.  Thankfully this family saw an ad on TikTok and purchased a LifeVac.  On the first Place, [...]

22-Year-Old Chokes on Pizza and is Saved with LifeVac – #466

LifeVac announces our 466th life saved It was reported to us on August 16th that a choking incident took place in California.  A 22-year-old male choked on a piece of pizza. Choking rescue procedures were carried out but were unsuccessful.  LifeVac was utilized and on the first attempt successfully dislodged the pizza from the choking patient’s [...]

Parent Saves 4-Year-Old Boy with LifeVac – #465

LifeVac announces our 465th life saved On August 20th it was reported to us that a 4-year-old little boy choked on a biscuit causing what the parent believes was a total obstruction. The child’s parent attempted choking rescue protocol but even with several attempts back blows failed.to dislodge the piece of biscuit. Thankfully they had a [...]

NJ First Aid Rescue Saves Woman from Choking with LifeVac – #464

LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 464th life saved On August 17th a New Jersey First Aid Rescue Squad responded to a choking emergency at the home residence of a 49-year-old female.  The woman was choking on a piece of London broil causing a partial obstruction.  The family performed the Heimlich & back blows [...]

EMS Responders Save 64-Year-Old in Care Home with LifeVac – #463

LifeVac is thrilled to announce our 463rd life saved On August 7th a 64-year-old stroke patient at a nursing home choked on a breadstick.  The food caused a total obstruction of the gentleman’s airway.  Staff at the care home performed basic life support protocol but were unsuccessful in dislodging the breadstick. LifeVac was used by EMS responders. [...]

2-Year-Old Goes Unconscious from Choking and is Saved with LifeVac – #460

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 460th life saved It was reported to us on August 17th that a 2-year-old little girl choked on a piece of candy causing her airway to be completely blocked.  Her parent performed back blows but attempts failed.  Thankfully they had a LifeVac as the child went unconscious. The [...]

Nursing Home Patient Chokes and Is Saved with LifeVac – #459

LifeVac registers our 459th life saved On August 1st an 86-year female patient in a Wisconsin nursing home choked on a piece of chicken.  The food caused a total blockage of her airway.  Nursing staff attempted basic life support skills but were unsuccessful.  LifeVac was then utilized and on the second attempt, the chicken was dislodged saving [...]

Police Officer Saves Woman that Choked on Pill with LifeVac – #457

LifeVac announces news of our 457th life saved It was reported to us by a New Jersey Police Department that a choking incident took place at the home residence of a 54-year-old female.  The woman choked on a supplement pill. Upon arriving at the home residence, the patient was standing over the kitchen sink. Back blows [...]