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LifeVac announces our 348th life saved. It was reported to us on April 2nd that a 13-year-old boy from North Carolina choked on a grape. Choking rescue procedures were followed but failed to remove the grape.  The father laid his son down and applied LifeVac one time and successfully dislodged the grape from his son’s airway. “He [...]

LifeVac is thrilled to share news of our 347 life saved It was reported to us that on April 29 a 3-year-old little boy choked on a soft piece of chicken.  The food caused a partial obstruction to the child’s airway.  Choking rescue procedures were carried out but were unsuccessful. The child’s father utilized the LifeVac [...]

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 346th life saved. On April 6th a 2-year-old little boy choked on a piece of candy causing a partial obstruction.  Choking rescue protocol was performed but was unsuccessful in removing the obstruction. LifeVac was used one time and successfully dislodged the candy “My wife grabbed it after the Heimlich didn’t work, [...]

LifeVac registers our 345th life saved. On April 7th a 3-year-old little girl from Indiana began to choke on a grape.  Her mom immediately performed choking rescue procedures to clear his airway.  Unfortunately, the protocol was not successful.  Thankfully she had a LifeVac that she purchased a while ago.  She utilized the LifeVac device and was able [...]

LifeVac registers our 343rd life saved We are thrilled to share news from our partners in the UK. The team at LifeVac Europe is proud to share news of another life saved within Pilling Nursing Home. It was reported to us that an elderly resident was enjoying their meal when suddenly they came into difficulty. Food had become [...]

LifeVac is delighted to share news of our 341st life saved. On April 22nd a 22-month-old little boy from Indiana choked on a cheese cube.  The food caused a total obstruction and the Heimlich maneuver was not working.  The child was turning blue and almost unconscious. Thankfully the family was gifted a LifeVac by the child’s aunt.  [...]

LifeVac is overjoyed to share news of our 340th life saved. On April 22nd, a Good Samaritan saved the life of a young boy!  The Assistant Director of the Food Service Department in an Iowa school saved a student when he began choking on popcorn chicken.  She was not scheduled to be at that school on that day [...]

LifeVac registers its 339th life saved On April 20th we received news that LifeVac saved another child.  A 1 1/2 year little girl in Texas choked on a toy.  The child’s parent immediately grabbed their LifeVac and on the first Place, Push, Pull motion was able to dislodge the toy from their daughter’s airway. “Yes, LifeVac saved [...]

LifeVac announces our 338th life saved On April 23rd we received news that a 4-year-old boy with a rare form of epilepsy choked on a whole hush puppy.  The child’s mother performed the choking rescue protocol but was unsuccessful in dislodging the obstruction.  She quickly got the LifeVac, laid him down, and was able to successfully dislodge [...]

LifeVac announces our 336th life saved On April 20th we received news that a 40-year-old man from Florida choked on mozzarella sticks.  LifeVac was immediately utilized and in the second Place, Push, Pull motion dislodged the obstruction from the gentleman’s airway. “The lodged wad of cheese dislodged and he was fine. My husband insisted there was no need [...]