LifeVac is the original rescue suction device that saves lives.

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LifeVac is the official choking rescue device

Protect your child

One child dies every five days from choking. Now they don’t have to. LifeVac has saved hundreds of children and is the best baby gift you can ever give. One kit protects the entire family.

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Can you physically heimlich your spouse?

Can you physically save your loved one?

Are you physically capable of using the Heimlich maneuver on your loved one? Are you strong enough? LifeVac can be used on someone disabled, pregnant or large in stature.

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Do you live alone? You can use LifeVac on yourself

Use on yourself

Do you live alone? Are your children too young to save you? LifeVac will give you peace of mind knowing that you could save yourself in a choking emergency.

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The perfect baby shower gift

There is no greater gift than the gift of life. Protect your family and protect yourself in a choking emergency.

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Watch How LifeVac Works

LifeVac is designed with a patented valve to prevent any air from exiting through the mask. This patented designed valve prevents air from pushing food or objects downward. This creates a one-way suction to remove the lodged food or object.

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Hall of Saves

Each photo in the Hall of Saves is an actual life saved by LifeVac. This is our proudest accomplishment in our mission to end choking deaths.

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REPORT A LIFE SAVED
7-Month-Old Baby Boy Chokes on Watermelon and is Saved with LifeVac – #485
26-Year-Old Chokes on Chicken and is Saved with LifeVac – #484
LifeVac Used to Save 77-Year-Old from Choking – #483
Mom Uses LifeVac to Save 7-Month-Old After Choking Protocol Fails – #482
LifeVac Used to Save 44-Year-Old Man that Choked on Chips – #481
11-Year-Old Chokes on Chicken Nugget and is Saved with LifeVac – #480
78-Year-Old in Care Home is Saved with LifeVac – #479
3-Year-Old Chokes on Grape and is Saved with LifeVac – #478
13-Year-Old Chokes on Grape and Is Saved with LifeVac – #477
1-Year-Old Chokes on String and is Saved with LifeVac – #476
11-Month-Old Chokes on Strawberry and is Saved with LifeVac – #475
Care Home Resident Chokes and Is Saved with LifeVac – #474
5-Year-Old Chokes on Cereal and Grandmother Saves Him with LifeVac – #473
Daughter Saves her Mother from Choking Using LifeVac – #472
8-Month-Old Chokes on Orange Pieces and is Saved with LifeVac – #471
61-Year-Old with PSP Saved with LifeVac – #470
83-Year-Old Care Home Resident Saved with LifeVac – #469
3-Year-Old Chokes on Cracker and is Saved with LifeVac – #468
Patient in Nursing Home Saved with LifeVac – #467
22-Year-Old Chokes on Pizza and is Saved with LifeVac – #466
Parent Saves 4-Year-Old Boy with LifeVac – #465
NJ First Aid Rescue Saves Woman from Choking with LifeVac – #464
EMS Responders Save 64-Year-Old in Care Home with LifeVac – #463
3-Year-Old Chokes on Cheez-it and is saved with LifeVac – #452
Daughter Saves her Mother’s Life Using LifeVac – #451
2-Year-Old Chokes and is Saved by Mom with LifeVac – #450
Man Chokes on Piece of Hot Dog and is Saved with LifeVac – #449
2-Year-Old Boy Chokes on Grape and is Saved with LifeVac – #448
1-Year-Old Girl Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #447
LifeVac Used to Save Woman in Scotland Care Home – #446
6-Year-Old Chokes on Marble Saved by Mother with LifeVac – #445
Husband Saves Wife from Choking on a Meatball – Featured on Inside Edition – #444
5-year-old boy with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Chokes and is Saved – #441
3-Year-Old Chokes on Play-Doh and is Saved with LifeVac – #440
Husband Saves his Wife Using LifeVac – #439
2-Year-Old Girl Saved with LifeVac – #438
1-Year-Old Saved with LifeVac – #437
3-Year-Old has Seizure and Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #436
79-Year-Old Care Resident Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #435
1-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #434
18-Month-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #433
Good Samaritan Saves Man in Care Center with LifeVac – #432
13-Month-Old Chokes on Piece of Plastic and is Saved with LifeVac – #431
LifeVac Saved 32-Year-Old from Choking on Steak – #430
Woman Chokes on Coffee Cake and is Saved with LifeVac – #429
Man Chokes on Piece of Sausage and is Saved with LifeVac – #428
2-Year-Old Chokes on Chicken Nugget and Heimlich Fails – #427
LifeVac Saved 11-Month-Old That Choked on a Candy Wrapper – #426
LifeVac Used to Save 3-Year-Old that Choked on a Rock – #425
1-Month-Old Chokes on Spit-Up and is Saved with LifeVac Device – #424
Mother Saves her 1-Year-Old with LifeVac after Heimlich Fails – #423
Neighbor Saves 1-Year-Old from Choking with LifeVac – #422
First Responders Save 79-Year-Old in Wheelchair with LifeVac – #421
Good Samaritan Saves 2-Year-Old Boy with LifeVac Device – #420
2-Year-Old Chokes on Hair Clip and is Saved with LifeVac – #419
Woman with COPD and Asthma Chokes and Is Saved with LifeVac Device – #418
15-Month-Old Chokes on Banana and is Saved with LifeVac Device – #417
5-Year-Old Girl Chokes on Candy and is Saved with LifeVac – #416
5-Year-Old Chokes on Candy and is Saved with LifeVac – #415
LifeVac Used to Save the Life of 11-Month-Old in Choking Emergency – #414
60-Year-Old with Dementia Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #413
5-Year-Old Chokes on Shrimp and is Saved with LifeVac – #412
43-Year-Old is Saved with LifeVac after Choking on Piece of Sausage – #411
2-Year-Old Boy Chokes on Coins Back Blows Fail and LifeVac Saves His Life – #410
1-Year-Old Boy Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac by his Mother – #409
17-Year-Old Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #402
Woman saves herself from choking using LifeVac – #401
Good samaritan saves a 14-month-old from choking – #400
Man Saved by Good Samaritan with LifeVac – #399
Resident at Care Home Saved by LifeVac – #398
2-Year-Old Boy Saved by LifeVac – #397
LifeVac Saves 7-Month-Old – #396
8-Year-Old Boy Saved by LifeVac – #395
9-Year-Old Chokes on Lollipop and is Saved with LifeVac – #394
Good Samaritan Saves Man from Choking with LifeVac – #393
1-Year-Old Little Girl Chokes on Crayon Goes Unconscious and is Saved by LifeVac Device – #392
Man Uses LifeVac to Save Himself from Choking – #391
Woman Chokes on Steak and Saved with LifeVac – #390
Man Saves Himself with LifeVac – #389
36-Year-Old Chokes Heimlich Fails and LifeVac is Used to Save His Life – #388
2-Year-Old Little Girl Chokes on Hot Dog and is Saved with LifeVac – #387
22-Month-Old Boy Chokes on Strawberry and is Saved with LifeVac– #386
5-Year-Old Girl with Down Syndrome Saved by LifeVac – #385
Woman in Care Home Saved by LifeVac – #384
LifeVac Saves 94-Year-Old – #383
Police Officers Save Woman Who Choked and Was Unconscious – #382
Baby Boy Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #381
1-Year-Old Boy Chokes on Gummy Candy and is Saved with LifeVac – #380
2-Year-Old Boy Chokes on Bread and Grandmother Saves Him with LifeVac – #379
15-Month-Old Baby Boy Chokes on Raisins and is Saved with LifeVac – #378
Elderly Man Chokes on Pizza Dough Saved with LifeVac – #377
2-Year-Old Boy Chokes on Lollipop and is Saved with LifeVac – #376
Emergency Services Use LifeVac to Save 71-Year-Old Woman from Choking – #375
Woman Chokes in Restaurant and Saved by Good Samaritans with LifeVac – #374
2-Year-Old Chokes and is Saved by Parents using LifeVac – #373
7-Year-Old Boy is Saved with LifeVac after Choking on a Grape – #372
18-Month-Old Baby Girl Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac Choking Rescue Device – #371
Elderly Resident in UK Care Home Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #370
7-Year-Old Girl Chokes and is Saved by LifeVac Choking Rescue Device – #369
LifeVac Saves Elderly Man in Nursing Home – #368
Little Boy Saved By LifeVac – #367
2-Year-Old Girl Saved By LifeVac– #366
10-Month-Old Girl Saved by LifeVac– #365
1-Year-Old Chokes on Orange and is Saved with LifeVac – #364
3-Year-Old Chokes on Gum and is Saved with LifeVac – #363
Woman Saved by Good Samaritan with LifeVac– #362
Elderly Man Saved with LifeVac– #361
Woman Saves Her Grandmother with LifeVac – #360
Woman Chokes on Cherry Pit and Saves Herself with LifeVac – #359
2-Year-Old Boy Chokes on Banana and Saved with LifeVac – #358
LifeVac Used to Save Little Girl that had a Seizure and Choked – #357
LifeVac Saves 2-Year-Old Boy – #356
LifeVac Saves Little Girl with Genetic Disorder – #355
LifeVac Saves Resident in Care Home – #354
LifeVac Used to Save Elderly Resident in UK Care Home – #353
23-Year-Old with Spina Bifida Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #352
1-Year-Old Boy Saved by LifeVac – #351
7-Month-Old Saved with LifeVac – #350
Child Choking on Bananas Saved by LifeVac – #349
LifeVac Saves 13-Year-Old Boy – #348
Father Saves 3-Year-Old Son With LifeVac – #347
2-Year-Old Choking on Candy Saved with LifeVac – #346
Mom Saves Her 3-Year-Old Girl Using LifeVac – #345
Mom Saves Her 1-Year-Old Baby Boy Using LifeVac – #344
LifeVac Used in Nursing Home to Save a Life – #343
8-month-Old Girl Saved with LifeVac – #342
Little Boy Saved with LifeVac – #341
Good Samaritan Saves Boy with LifeVac – #340
LifeVac Saves Little Girl From Choking on Toy – #339
4-Year-Old Boy Chokes and Saved with LifeVac – #338
Little Boy Chokes on Animal Crackers Saved with LifeVac – #337
Man chokes on mozzarella sticks and is saved with LifeVac – #336
Elderly Care Home Resident Saved by LifeVac device – #335
3-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #334
LifeVac Used to Save Toddler from Choking – #333
LifeVac is used to save 10-Month-Old Baby Girl – #332
3-Year-Old Unconscious from Choking Saved with LifeVac – #331
Caregiver Uses LifeVac to Save 86-Year-Old from Choking – #330
8-Year-Old Chokes on Coin Saved with LifeVac – #329
Elderly Resident in Care Home Saved with LifeVac – #328
Mom Saves her 3-Year-Old Boy with LifeVac – #327
Good Samaritan Saves 4-Year-Old – #326
Elderly Man in Care Home Saved by LifeVac – #325
One-Year-Old Boy Saved by LifeVac – #324
40-Year-Old Woman Saved by LifeVac – #323
LifeVac Saves Boy in School – #322
1-Year-Old Saved with LifeVac – #321
11-Month-Old Saved with LifeVac – #320
4-Year-Old Boy Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #319
LifeVac Saves 6-Year-Old Girl from Choking – #318
10-Month-Old Chokes and Saved with LifeVac – #317
7-Year-Old Chokes and Saved with LifeVac – #316
6-Year-Old Chokes on Grape and Saved with LifeVac – #315
LifeVac Used to Save 63-Year-Old in Care Home – #314
Older Man Saved by Good Samaritan with LifeVac – #313
LifeVac Used to Save 86-Year-Old in Wheelchair – #312
LifeVac Saves 12-year-old Boy – #311
LifeVac Saves 80-Year-Old Woman – #310
2-Year-Old Chokes on Strawberry Saved with LifeVac – #309
44-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #308
Elderly Man Saved with LifeVac – #307
2-year-old Boy with Autism Saved with LifeVac – #306
2-Year-Old Girl Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #305
5-Year-Old Chokes and is Saved with LifeVac – #304
LifeVac Saves 57-Year-Old Woman – #303
LifeVac Saves 9-Month-Old in Choking Emergency – #302
Man Choking on Steak Saved with LifeVac – #301
LifeVac Used to Help Disabled Man – #299
LifeVac Saves Woman in Long-Term Care Home – #298
LifeVac Saves Woman with Cerebral Pasly from Choking – #297
9-Year-Old Girl Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #296
4-Year-Old Girl with Autism Saved with LifeVac – #295
7-year-old Boy Saved with LifeVac – #294
Good Samaritan Saves 4-year-old Girl with LifeVac – #293
LifeVac Saves 4-year-old Boy from Choking on Lego – #292
1-month-old Girl Saved with LifeVac-#291
First Responders Save Life with LifeVac-#290
LifeVac Saves Life in UK Nursing Home– #287
10-month-Old Choking on Plastic Saved with LifeVac– #286
LifeVac Saves Man Choking on Steak– #285
1-year-old with seizure saved by LifeVac– #284
LifeVac Saves 9-Month-Old from Choking on Penny – #283
1-year-old saved with LifeVac – #282
11-Year-Old Saved with LifeVac – #281
5-Year-Old Saved By Good Samaritan with LifeVac – #280
LifeVac Saves Man Choking on Candy – #279
LifeVac Saves 2-Year-old Boy Choking on Strawberry – #278
4-Year-Old Autistic Boy Saved with LifeVac – #277
4-Year-Old boy Saved With LifeVac After Seizure – #276
Good Samaritan Saves Her Best Friend from Choking with LifeVac Travel Kit – #275
11-Week-Old Baby Chokes on Mucus Saved with LifeVac – #274
LifeVac Saves Another Toddler from Choking – #273
Gentleman with GERD saved with LifeVac – #272
14-Month-Old Baby Girl is Saved with LifeVac – #271
7-Month-Old Baby Boy is Saved with LifeVac – #270
Elderly Woman Saved with LifeVac – #269
LifeVac Saves 1 year old boy – #268
LifeVac Saves 7-Month-Old Girl – #267
LifeVac Used to Save 3-Year-Old Little Girl – #266
9-Year-Old Saved with LifeVac – #265
6-Year-Old Chokes on Burger and is Saved by LifeVac – #264
82-Year-Old Saved with LifeVac in Choking Emergency – #263
Elderly Resident in Wheelchair Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #262
Female Resident in UK Care Home Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #261
Woman with Esophagael Cancer Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #260
62-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #259
Aunt Saves Her 3-Year-Old Niece from Choking – #258
LifeVac Saves a Life in Group Home – #257
48-Year-Old Patient Saved from Choking – #256
2-Year-Old Child Saved from Choking on Chocolate – #255
Toddler Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #254
LifeVac Saves Woman at New Years Eve Party – #253
LifeVac Saves Young Girl from Choking on Lolly Pop – #252
2-Year-Old Girl Saved By LifeVac – #251
LifeVac Saves 2-Year-Old Boy from Choking on Apple – #250
27-Year-Old Woman Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #249
First Responder Saves Child with LifeVac – #248
LifeVac Saves 8-Month-Old from Choking – #247
LifeVac Saves 7-Year-Old from Choking on Quarter – #246
LifeVac Saves 11-Month-Old from Choking – #245
74-Year-Old Man Saved with LifeVac – #244
60-Year-Old Woman Goes Unconscious from Choking – #243
Teenager Saved with LifeVac on Christmas Day – #242
LifeVac Saves 9-Year-Old Girl – #241
LifeVac Saves 6-Month-Old Baby Girl – #240
6-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #239
LifeVac Saves 67-Year-Old Man – #238
LifeVac Saves Man Choking on Steak – #237
LifeVac Saves Teen with Rett Syndrome from Choking – #236
Resident in Care Home Saved with LifeVac – #235
1-Year-Old Boy Saved with LifeVac – #234
Good Samaritan Saves Man in Logan’s Restaurant – #233
LifeVac Registers Another Life Saved – #232
LifeVac Registers Another Child Saved – #231
LifeVac Saves 2-Year-Old Boy from Choking – #230
3-Year-Old Girl Saved with LifeVac – #229
Child Chokes on Marble Saved by LifeVac – #228
8-Year-Old Girl Saved with LifeVac – #227
3-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #226
LifeVac Saves Elderly Man – #225
LifeVac Saves Girl with Epilepsy – #224
LifeVac Saves 4-Year-Old Boy – #223
Good Samaritan Saves Boy at Logan’s Restaurant with LifeVac – #222
LifeVac Saves Boy Who Choked on Sausage and Heimlich Did Not Work – #221
Boy Chokes at Thanksgiving Dinner is Saved by LifeVac! – #220
Mom Saves 3-Year-Old Daughter from Choking to Death on Penny with Choking Rescue Device – #219
LifeVac Saves Another Life in UK Care Home – #218
LifeVac Saves 3-Year-Old Girl from Choking – #217
LifeVac Saves 43-Year-Old Man from Choking – #216
53-Year-Old Disabled Woman Saved in Choking Emergency – #215
73-Year-Old Woman Saved with LifeVac – #214
LifeVac Saves Boy from Choking on Strawberries – #213
LifeVac saves 1-year-old boy – #212
Babysitter saves 2-year-old boy with LifeVac – #211
LifeVac Saves 3-Year-Old in Choking Emergency – #209
LifeVac Saves a Life in Nursing Home in Spain – #208
2-Year-Old Saved from Choking by His Mother and LifeVac – #207
65-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #206
82-Year-Old with Dysphasia Saved with LifeVac – #205
Mom Saves Her 1-Year-Old Son with LifeVac When He Choked – #204
Mom Saves Her 9-Month-Old with LifeVac – #203
One-Year-Old Saved at Daycare with LifeVac – #202
LifeVac saves elderly woman from choking – #201
LifeVac is thrilled to announce our 200th life saved!
2-Year-Old Saved from Choking – #198
1-Year-Old Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #197
Parent Saves Son in Choking Emergency – #196
LifeVac Saves 2.5-Year-Old from Choking – #195
LifeVac Saves 2-Year-Old Boy from Choking – #194
LifeVac Saves Boy Who Choked on Piece of Plastic – #193
Aunt Saves 6-Year-Old Nephew with LifeVac – #192
Good Samaritan Saves Child from Choking on I95 – #191
LifeVac Saves 3-Year-Old Boy from Choking on a Nut – #190
Parent Saves 8-Year-Old Daughter from Choking – #187
Elderly Man in Care Home Saved by LifeVac – #186
Paramedic Saves a Life Using LifeVac – #185
Mom Saves 6-Month-Old Son from Choking with LifeVac – #184
Mom Saves Baby Girl from Choking with LifeVac – #183
Husband Saves His Wife From Choking with LifeVac – #182
Baby Boy Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #181
Elderly Man in Care Home Saved with LifeVac – #180
Baby Girl Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #179
2-Year-Old Boy Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #178
Toddler Saved from Choking in Irmo SC Restaurant – #177
8-Month-Old Baby Girl Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #175
3-Year-Old Boy Saved with LifeVac – #174
Good Samaritan Saves 3-Year-Old Girl in Restaurant with LifeVac – #173
3-Month-Old is Saved from Choking with LifeVac – #172
Grandmother Saves Granddaughter from Choking with LifeVac – #171
LifeVac Registers 170th Life Saved
LifeVac Saves Another Child in Choking Emergency! – #169
EMT/Fireman Saves his 3-Year-Old Daughter Using LifeVac! – #168
LifeVac Saves 77 Year Old Man from Choking – #167
Woman with Lou Gehrig’s Disease Saved with LifeVac – #166
Elderly Patient in Wheelchair Saved with LifeVac – #165
Woman Saves Man at Restaurant After the Heimlich Fails – #164
LifeVac Saves Another Life from Choking in the Elder Care Sector – #163
LifeVac Saves Another Life in Care Home – #162
Amazing Story of Mom Saves Her Son from Choking to Death with LifeVac – #161
Family Saves 2-Year-Old from Choking with LifeVac #160
Man Saves Himself from Choking #159
LifeVac Saves 10-month-old Girl from Choking #158
LifeVac Saves 9-month-old Boy from Choking #157
LifeVac Saves Young Girl That Uses a Wheelchair #156
LifeVac Registers 155th Life Saved
Man Saves Himself from Choking with LifeVac – #154
LifeVac Registers 153rd Life Saved
Child saved with LifeVac by Alabama Asst Fire/EMT – #152
LifeVac Saves Life in UK Care Home – 151st Life Saved
LifeVac Saves 150th Life
LifeVac Saves 149th Life
LifeVac Saves 148th Life
LifeVac Saves 147th Life
LifeVac Saves 146th Life
LifeVac Saves 145th Life in Choking Emergency
LifeVac Saves 144th Life in Care Home
Mother saves her 1-year-old daughter in Choking Emergency – 143rd Life Saved
Parents Save Toddler with LifeVac – 142nd Life Saved
LifeVac Saves 141st Life
LifeVac Saves 140th Life
LifeVac Saves 139th Life
LifeVac Saves 138th Life in Care Home
LifeVac Saves 137th Life from Choking
LifeVac Saves 18-Month-Old Boy from Choking – #134
LifeVac Saves 133rd Life by Healthcare Professional
LifeVac Saves 132nd Life
LifeVac Registers 131st Life Saved
LifeVac Saves Baby from Choking on Mucus – 130th Life Saved
LifeVac Saves 2-year-old from Choking – 129th Life Saved
LifeVac Saves 128th Life in Choking Emergency! A 3-year-old boy!
LifeVac Saves 127th Life in UK Elder Care Home
LifeVac Saves Toddler from Choking! – 126th Life Saved!
Police Save a Choking Victim with LifeVac – 125th Life Saved
LifeVac Saves Another Life in Care Home – 124th Life Saved
LifeVac Saves Another Life in UK Care Home – #122
LifeVac Registers 121st Life Saved
LifeVac Registers 120th Life Saved
LifeVac Registers 119th Life Saved
LifeVac Registers 117th Life Saved in Choking Emergency
LifeVac Registers 116th Life Saved in Choking Emergency
LifeVac Registers 115th Life Saved
LifeVac Registers 114th Life Saved
LifeVac Registers 113th Life Saved
LifeVac Registers 112th Life Saved
LifeVac Saves 100th Life!
LifeVac Saves 91st Life – A Precious 7-month-old Girl
LifeVac Saves Toddler from Choking – 85th Life
LifeVac Saves 2 Year Old Girl from Choking – 71st Save
Watch: Gretchen Rossi Loves LifeVac
LifeVac Saves 68th Life
LifeVac Saves 55th Life – 7-Year-Old
LifeVac Featured as Company of the Year by MedTech Magazine
LifeVac saves the life of a 1-year-old boy in Spain
LifeVac Saves the Life of an 11-month-old girl
Breaking News! LifeVac Saves the Life of a 1-Year-Old Boy

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LifeVac Travel Kit

The LifeVac Travel Kit comes with 1 adult mask, 1 pediatric mask & instructions for use literature in a clear travel bag. LifeVac is equipped to be used on persons starting at 22 pounds utilizing the pediatric mask.

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CHOKING EMERGENCY STATISTICS

STATISTICS

  • A leading cause of death in children
  • 5,000 deaths yearly
  • One child dies every 5 days from choking
  • Choking leads to 100,000 visits to the ER yearly
  • More people die from aspirating than die in fires, drowning, or accidental shootings
  • Leading cause of accidental deaths in persons over the age of 65

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE

  • 0-4 minutes: Brain damage unlikely
  • 4-6 minutes: Brain damage possible
  • 6-10 minutes: Brain damage probable
  • 10 minutes +: Probably brain death
  • Average emergency response time is 7 to 12 minutes

FACTS

  • Of all choking deaths in 2000, 41% were caused by food, 59% by nonfood items (balloons, etc)
  • Candy is associated with 19% ER visits for aspiration emergencies – 65% due to hard candy and 35% gummy bears, chocolate, caramel, etc.
  • Coins were responsible for 18% of ER visits for children age 1 to 4 years