Category Archives: News

LifeVac Registers its 41st Life Saved in UK Care Sector

On the 18th of November, LifeVac Europe was informed once again it had been used to save another life. This time to save a residents life in a Future Care Group home in Chichester. It was only in October that Future Care Group partnered with LifeVac and we completed regional training for their group rollout.  Future Care Group […]

LifeVac saves it’s youngest life, 3-week-old girl!

On November 13th LifeVac was used to save the life of 3-week-old, Audrey Johnson, the youngest life saved!  The infant’s airway was fully obstructed and she was turning blue.  She was unable to breathe due to the combination of thick mucus and gripe water.  Infant choking rescue procedures were performed but were not working.  Jerad, […]

LifeVac Registers 38th Life Saved

November 8th LifeVac was used by EKAB Ambulance Service in Greece to save another life. A 90-year-old lady with Alzheimer’s Disease was eating dinner with her daughter when she began to choke on her food (chopped up burger). As soon as her daughter realized her mother was choking she administeredabdominal thrusts and back blows which […]

Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County Deploys LifeVac in All Locations

The Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County recently purchased 117 LifeVac units and will distribute them throughout nineteen residential homes, two community centers and one forty-eight bed facility. Read the full story: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cerebral-palsy-association-of-nassau-county-deploys-lifevac-in-all-locations-300328077.html

LifeVac Registers First Successful Rescue of Choking Victim

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ LifeVac, the device designed to save the life of a choking victim, has saved the life of a female nursing home resident in Dyfed, Wales. “We are very happy to learn that LifeVac has successfully saved a person from choking to death,” said founder and President Arthur Lih. The […]

LifeVac, Life Saving Device Study Published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine

NEW YORK, March 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The American Journal of Emergency Medicine has published an independent study documenting the effectiveness of LifeVac in removing an obstruction from a blocked airway. “This is a significant moment in our quest to reduce the number of choking deaths each year and validates what we at LifeVac already […]