文章大意:本文为一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了马萨皮加的亚瑟·李在听闻了海姆立克急救法无法解救一个被葡萄噎着的7岁的孩子,最终窒息而死的事件之后,在自家车库里发明了一套救生设备,能帮助从窒息受害者的喉咙中抽出异物,他的这套设备有效且安全,已销售5000套。
1 . Arthur Lih of Massapequa sold his first LifeVac, a device to help save people’s life, to a fire department about 18 months ago, when the Jericho Fire Department purchased 21 of the devices. Now about 10 Long Island fire departments have purchased Lih’s invention, which is designed to draw foreign objects from the throats of choking victims when procedures such as the Heimlich Maneuver (海姆立克急救法) don’t work. He has sold about 5,000 LifeVac devices in the United States and abroad since the device went on the market in August 2014.
The Freeport Fire Department is one of Lih’s clients. It bought about 25 LifeVac devices to put on trucks, as well as in chiefs’ vehicles, said Ray Maguire, the department’s executive director. “It’s an extra tool in the toolbox,” Maguire said. “I’d be surprised if anyone who sees it doesn’t purchase it. It’s that tool you may only need once, but it’s the tool you really want in case you need it. It’s affordable. I have it in my car. I have one at home, too.”
Dr. Lee Smith at Northwell Health said that if a choking victim can’t breathe, he or she becomes a candidate for the Heimlich. If the Heimlich doesn’t work, the victim would probably lose consciousness because of a lack of oxygen.
A challenge for any new medical device is convincing potential users that it works and is safe. In tests, the LifeVac successfully removed an obstruction (阻塞物) from the throat of a dead human body on the first try 49 out of 50 times, according to an August research article in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Lih invented the product in his garage, inspired after he went with a friend to a hospital while the friend’s mother was going through tests. The friend said the last time he was there, a 7-year-old child had choked to death on a grape.
1. What’s the function of the LifeVac device?
A.To put out the fire. | B.To remove foreign objects. |
C.To design procedures. | D.To treat victims’ throats. |
2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about the invention?
A.Its target users. | B.Its practical necessity. |
C.Its major advantages. | D.Its reasonable price |
3. What inspired Lih to invent the product?
A.A kid’s death. | B.His client’s suggestion. |
C.A garage accident. | D.Material rewards. |
4. What is the text mainly about?
A.A productive inventor. | B.A convincing cure. |
C.An anti-choking device. | D.An important toolbox. |