LifeVac Survey Study

Launched by LIFEVAC, LLC · Oct 24, 2024

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO), commonly referred to as choking, occurs when an aspirated solid or semisolid object becomes lodged in a person's larynx or trachea. If the object is large enough it may cause the complete (or near complete) obstruction of the airway. Without oxygen, brain damage can occur in as soon as four minutes following the event.

LifeVac is a non-powered, non-invasive, single-use airway clearance device developed for resuscitating a victim with an airway obstruction when current choking protocols (basic life support \[BLS\]) failed to remove the obstruction. Th...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Purchases of the LifeVac device Original database: all purchasers of the LifeVac device from the LifeVac website starting in 2015 until April 2024, a timeframe that yields a database of above 450,000 individuals with no email duplications and third party suppliers.
• • Survey batches: randomly selected sample of 50,000 purchasers (10% of the database).
• • Number of batches required will be based on response rate.
• • English speaking
• • Ability to understand and accept the consent form
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Did not purchase a LifeVac device
• • Third party suppliers
• • Non-English speakers (as LifeVac labeling and survey materials are only available in English)
• • Unwilling or unable to accept the consent form