Since founding their company 15 years ago, Colorado-based Alan Carver and his wife have sold tens of thousands of what they called “Dechokers,” a device that’s like a plunger for humans that claims to ...

DeChoker was hit with a breach-of-contract lawsuit on Oct. 31 in New York Supreme Court for Rockland County over an exclusive distribution agreement for medical devices. The complaint, filed by Woods ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Even people trained on CPR, the Heimlich maneuver and other lifesaving techniques are not always confident how they would react if called upon in an emergency situation. That’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to choking — every second counts. In 2015 more than 5,000 people across the country lost their lives in a ...

A company gave an eastern Iowa school district a new medical device, free of charge. The company behind the "Dechoker" claims it can save the lives of young choking victims. Union Community School ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, Ohio (WJW) — Whether you ...

The Ache: Nearly 5,000 people a year die from choking in the U.S., according to the nonprofit National Safety Council. The Claim: Two new easy-to-use devices work like plungers to suck out ...

STAFF at a Wyre Forest care home have praised an innovative anti-choking device which was used to save the life of a resident who "turned blue" after choking on a piece of sausage. First-aiders at ...

NEW YORK — It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen. An 88-year-old man had been dining at a Providence, R.I., restaurant in September 2019. Now he was unconscious, with a ...

Dechoker has created a new anti-choking device that can clear an obstructed airway. The device is placed over the mouth and nose and creates suction to dislodge food or debris blocking a victim’s ...