Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
insiderlouisville.com
Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
1–10 of 107 posts
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#2I love the idea, and it's just the kind of thing I'm paranoid enough to own, but the price is a bit up there. Hoping it comes down over time. But if I owned a restaurant, I'd be all over this, in a "Break Glass" kind of case.
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#3Wow, it seems so obvious now.
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#4I love the idea, and it's just the kind of thing I'm paranoid enough to own, but the price is a bit up there. Hoping it comes down over time. But if I owned a restaurant, I'd be all over this, in a "Break Glass" kind of case.
That's the idea the article conveys, one of these should be next to every defibrillator (and defibs are seen in so many locations).
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#5My brother once chocked with a piece of barbecue meat with farofa (a Brazilian mix of toasted cassava flour) in a restaurant. He was barely breathing, and could not swallow anything. We rushed to the hospital and they were able to save him.
Nobody new how to perform a Heimlich maneuver, and I don't know if it would have worked. I wonder if this device would have the suction strength to pull the obstruction in that situation, probably yes.
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#6Isn't applying negative pressure to the lung also a great way to collapse it?
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#7Isn't applying negative pressure to the lung also a great way to collapse it?
You can survive a single collapsed lung indefinitely. You only have a few minutes to survive not being able to breathe.
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#8Isn't applying negative pressure to the lung also a great way to collapse it?
Better have a collapsed lung than no life at all.
I've had multiple pneumothoraxes and I was able to breathe (suffering pain.. but I didn't die). You can fix that later with a drain.
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#9A comment on the article mentions a competitor at http://lifevac.net:
"There is another version of this type of device that has been around (FDA approved) for a couple of years now. It's called LifeVac and it has been adopted by several fire departments, schools, skilled nursing facilities and families all across the eastern seaboard as well Europe and Canada. Only costs $69.95 and even that number can come down with different promotions that are offered."
Re: Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking
#10I love the idea, and it's just the kind of thing I'm paranoid enough to own, but the price is a bit up there. Hoping it comes down over time. But if I owned a restaurant, I'd be all over this, in a "Break Glass" kind of case.
That's the idea the article conveys, one of these should be next to every defibrillator (and defibs are seen in so many locations).
Not every restaurant has a defibrillator, but every restaurant may want one of these if it's really that effective.