On February 7th, 2025 and 81-year-old man choked on an egg sandwich causing a total obstruction. Protocol was followed. LifeVac successfully dislodged the blockage on its third attempt. The man’s daughter describes the incident as follows: “My dad was eating an egg sandwich and kept taking bites without swallowing. We just happened to look over… Read more
On February 13th, 2025 a 3-year-old girl choked on a grape causing a total obstruction. Protocol was followed. LifeVac successfully dislodged the food on its second attempt. The child’s father described the incident as follows: “We thought we would never need to use it but we’re SO happy we had it when we did. The… Read more
On February 6th, 2025 a 2-year-old girl choked on a grape causing a total obstruction. Protocol was followed. LifeVac successfully dislodged the food on its first attempt! The child’s father described the incident as follows: “Our daughter had grabbed a large grape while they were being sliced. She ate it and soon began choking. The… Read more
On March 19, 2025, an 11-month-old boy choked on a cooked cinnamon apple, causing a total obstruction. Protocol was followed. Protocol was followed. LifeVac successfully dislodged the food on the first attempt. The child’s mother described the incident as follows: ”I am 38, and an adult acute care NP and have been in nursing practice… Read more
On March 14th a 1-year-old girl choked on Cheerios causing a partial obstruction. The choking rescue protocol was followed. LifeVac successfully dislodged the food on the second application. The child’s mother described the incident as follows: “On Friday morning, my daughter put a handful of cheerios in her mouth but was then upset by her… Read more
On February 10th, 2025, a 15-month-old boy with Down Syndrome choked on an apple sticker. Standard choking rescue protocol was followed, but failed. LifeVac removed the obstruction on its first use! The child’s mother described the incident as follows: “We are so thankful for this safety device! Here is the full incident in detail: We… Read more
LifeVac announces our 476th life saved It was reported to us on August 31st that a 1-year-old little girl choked on a piece of string. The child was in distress and choking rescue procedures were unsuccessful. LifeVac was used one time and successfully dislodged the object opening her airway. We are so thankful that another precious… Read more
LifeVac is proud to announce our 475th life saved On August 27th an 11-month-old baby boy choked on a strawberry causing a partial obstruction. Here is the testimonial from the child’s mother: “The LifeVac dislodged a piece of strawberry that was causing my son troubles breathing, he wasn’t able to get it up on his own or with… Read more
LifeVac is delighted to announce our 334th life saved A 3-year-old little boy with a rare genetic disorder (Cri du chat syndrome) choked on a piece of plastic. His mother when seeing him in distress immediately performed back blows and the abdominal thrusts but those methods failed. Thankfully the family had a LifeVac in their home. … Read more
LifeVac is delighted to share details on our 333rd life saved On April 22nd a 1 1/2-year-old little boy choked on a strawberry causing a total obstruction. The child was not able to make any noise. She attempted back blows 4-5 times. Choking rescue procedures were unsuccessful and the child was going limp before his mother’s eyes. … Read more
