Best Anti-Choking Device?
Can anyone recommend a device they have personal experience with?
My friend is expecting a newborn and I can't think of a better gift.
This takes me back to a near haunting moment when I was 6. At a family dinner, I watched my baby sister eating broccoli when all of a sudden she was blue in the face. A few seconds later, from the other end of a long table, my grandfather stood in front of her after dislodging the food using his fingers. I was the only person in the room to realize what had happened.
There is a product called 'Lifevac' that is popular. But given the gravity, I felt asking the community for reassurance is warranted.
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That might make a very practical gift, but personally I would not give a present to new parents that would continually remind them that catastrophe is lurking everywhere.
But you know your friends, and I don't.
Interesting. I have a fear of witnessing people choking having seen both my mom and dad choke. My sister had to perform the Heimlich maneuver on her husband and my dad had to do it for his cousin once. I hate choking.
We have a LifeVac and, thankfully, have never needed to use it. I bought it when my kids were born to address this fear.
I think it’s an interesting idea for a gift. Someone like me would have loved to get a gift like that but I think it’s definitely recipient dependent. Some might be put off by it.
I personally have saved two people using the Heimlich Maneuver... the first time was a really surprise.
a bunch of us were standing around at a food truck on work break and my friend that I was talking to suddenly stopped talking while the rest of us were laughing at something he had just said. I looked at him wondering why he stopped telling his story, and I can see him struggling but he wasn't choking. after a few seconds I can see tears in his eyes and he really begins to struggle, so I said to him 'do you need the Heimlich?', he looked at me with tears in his eyes and frantically nods 'yes' so I dropped my burrito and walked around behind him, everyone is looking at this point, I ball up my fist and place it under his rib cage and jerk it inwards and immediately a giant piece of food comes flying out of his mouth... hangs in the air for a second, then falls to the ground.
we all start laughing and go back to eating.
The Carber Reputation Vacuum.
Can anyone recommend a device they have personal experience with?
My friend is expecting a newborn and I can't think of a better gift.
This takes me back to a near haunting moment when I was 6. At a family dinner, I watched my baby sister eating broccoli when all of a sudden she was blue in the face. A few seconds later, from the other end of a long table, my grandfather stood in front of her after dislodging the food using his fingers. I was the only person in the room to realize what had happene
did you happen to save grandfather claws after he passed?
Get them an actual upbeat gift, and whatever this thing is as an aside obviously. If they actually have to use it they'll be in debt to you, so winwin.
