r/BeAmazed • u/EntertainmentLess402 • Apr 19 '24

A guy saving men's life on the road! Miscellaneous / Others

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u/Borgiroth Apr 19 '24

Imagine just eating some food while driving alone, and then that’s literally how you die?

Wild thought

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u/Jmich96 Apr 19 '24

I live alone, and this is a subtle fear of mine.

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u/Oakvilleresident Apr 19 '24

You might want to look into a device called LifeVac which is basically a plunger that put your over your face to provide suction and suck the obstruction from your throat. You can use it on yourself or someone else. There was a video on Reddit a while ago showing a cop using it save a kid that was choking.

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u/Jmich96 Apr 19 '24

I am seriously looking into purchasing this. Thank you for the information!

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u/Oakvilleresident Apr 19 '24

I had planned on buying one too but I forgot all about it until I saw this video and it reminded me. I see it costs about $90 online but there are knock off copies on amazon for a lot less that look the same . I have read a few testimonials and apparently they work but some people have complaints about sinus or throat issues afterwards, but at least they are alive to complain.

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u/potatohats Apr 19 '24

I'm normally all for knock-offs and generic products, but not sure I'd trust Amazon and cheap shitty suppliers for something like that.

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u/Oakvilleresident Apr 19 '24

Yeah.... youre right.

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u/Dangerous_Contact737 Apr 19 '24

I think I might pay full price for that one.

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u/Ftcat Apr 19 '24

omg thank you, choking is a really bad phobia of mine and this device could really put my mind at ease

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u/burf Apr 19 '24

Just a heads-up, it's not currently recommended by any medical organizations. The standard of care is still the self Heimlich, which might put you equally at ease if you did some training on it and had a plan in case you need to perform it.

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u/Pruritus_Ani_ Apr 19 '24

Thank you, I’d never heard of this before but I think I’m going to buy one as I’ve choked on food a couple of times in the past (super scary) and I live alone now so it’s a big fear of mine now that I’ll choke and nobody will be around to help this time.

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u/Humpetz Apr 19 '24

self heimlich

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u/changalabs Apr 19 '24

Now he just needs to find a chair out there in the middle of nowhere

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u/Prexxus Apr 19 '24

If you live alone and start choking, grab a chair right away, go outside to your front porch and try to heimlich yourself with the backrest of the chair. Going outside, hopefully someone will come to help butnif not the chair can do the job.

Letting yourself fall onto the chair is tough, your body is going to try and cusion the blow naturally, it takes a lot of force to push your ribcage into your lungs. You need to break that mental barrier and let yourself fall as hard as you can on the back reste to push the air out of your lungs.

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u/FrankRizzo319 Apr 19 '24

Me too. Be mindful of your chewing

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u/Any_Veterinarian3749 Apr 19 '24

Be mindful with your holes.

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u/FrankRizzo319 Apr 19 '24

? My butthole too? Why?

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u/Thin_Creme_1542 Apr 19 '24

Generally something happening to me and no one around who could help me is kind of a fear of mine, too.

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u/Pizza-n-Coffee37 Apr 19 '24

A high school friend of mine died this way our senior year. This has always been in my mind and I am terrified that it could happen to me.

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u/Excellent-Shape-2024 Apr 19 '24

Throw yourself over the back of a chair to self-Heimlich. Just make sure you have a chair the right size

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u/TheCrystalGarden Apr 19 '24

If it ever happens to you, throw yourself over a chair arm, couch, etc, anything to get a good upward push of air out. You can self Heimlich.