The Palm Beach Police's use of donated LifeVac anti-choking devices follows the FDA's recent approval of them as backup ...

Phil Heimlich, son of the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, says the devices have not been shown to work in clinical trials and can cause danger to choking victims.

LifeVac has picked up a groundbreaking clearance from the FDA for its suction-powered device designed to dislodge an object ...

LifeVac is approved for use as a single-use, non-powered, non-invasive airway clearance device.

LifeVac LLC announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo classification for LifeVac under 21 CFR 874.5400, formally establishing the device type "suction ...

A Kentucky House bill known as Landon's Law, related to anti-choking devices being used in schools, is moving forward in the state House but is drawing criticism from Cincinnati attorney Phil Heimlich ...

It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen. The 88-year-old man had been dining at a Providence, Rhode Island, Italian restaurant in September 2019. Now he was unconscious, with ...

Choking is one of those emergencies that can turn deadly in a matter of seconds. Have you ever experienced a situation where your airways were blocked and you were all choked up? Every second counts, ...

Hello! I'm the Chief Investigator for the 7 News I-Team. If you have a story idea, please email me at Ed.Drantch@wkbw.com WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Lexi Homberger — a third grade teacher at Dodge ...

EL PORTAL, Fla. -- A Florida Highway Patrol trooper and good Samaritan revived a toddler who was choking and unresponsive on the side of a highway earlier this month. And the whole interaction was ...