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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- After a Clark County sheriff's deputy nearly died from choking recently, a potentially life-saving device is coming to the county. You may have never heard of the small ...

UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, Ohio (WJW) — Whether you call it the “Dechoker” or the mini-Heimlich, it functions to save precious time when someone’s in dire need of oxygen. University Circle Police Officer Joe ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - As soon as next month, all cafeterias in Jeff Davis Parish schools will be adding a new device to their emergency kits. “12,000 kids are admitted to the ER for choking ...

Two new devices are currently on the market to save someone from choking when standard treatments — like the abdominal thrust manuever Henry Heimlich developed in 1974 — don’t work, according to The ...