Wisconsin couple creates emergency choking tool after losing son
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Posted: Nov 9, 2018 9:20 PM CDT

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GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Wisconsin family is turning a personal tragedy into a useful emergency tool.
"I could tell that he was going...because he wasn't getting oxygen," said mother Courtney Bruegmann.
Matt and Courtney Bruegmann's son was declared brain dead after he swallowed a ball and first responders couldn't remove it.
The couple looked for a way to keep the tragedy from happening to someone else. That's when they came up with LifeVac.
The device is FDA approved and can be bought for $70 on Amazon. It still needs special permission from the state to be used by EMS agencies.
A city in Grant County plans to have LifeVac in their ambulances by December 1.
For more information on LifeVac, click here.
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