“The mother was told Decklan had been laughing and playing with his friends during a nutritional program when he began to choke on the frankfurt.
Paramedics tended to the boy, however, he was left with no oxygen for 20 minutes and went into cardiac arrest.”
Every parent’s worst nightmare is such a call from the school.
Hotdogs are the #1 choking risk in the USA, and one of the highest here in Australia too – they would likely be equal, save for the fact that our hotdog consumption is markedly lower than Americans’. Decklan’s distraught family are now left with only the memories of their beautiful young boy.
Our aim is to see LifeVac® devices in every school and throughout the community, to dramatically lower the risk of such tragedies befalling other families. LifeVac’s 387th life saved was a 2-year-old girl who had choked on a frankfurt while at the house of a friend. Fortunately the homeowner had a LifeVac® device on hand.
“We were given LifeVac as a gift when we had our baby. It sat in the kitchen cabinet for the longest but when we had a friend over their kid started choking on a hot dog. While watching the mom give back blows I remembered we had the LifeVac and ran to go grab it. It immediately got the hot dog out!”
It is our sincere hope that we can see more stories of happy endings as a result of more families and organisations choosing to purchase LifeVac® devices. Please consider purchasing yours today.