Our Story

Just moments after the birth of his daughter, David Feder was faced with a frightening and potentially life-altering medical emergency. His newborn baby girl, Madeline, only 20 minutes old, suddenly stopped breathing. Although David had taken CPR just a few years prior, he still felt helpless and paralyzed. Fortunately, they were in a hospital with trained professionals and within minutes, a nurse performed the appropriate steps to start the infant’s breathing again. Baby Madeline’s life was saved.

David could not shake this terrifying experience. He asked himself, “What if I had not been in a hospital? Would I have known what to do to try to save my daughter’s life?” It was that instant that David committed himself to developing a product to help prepare him, his new family, and others to respond quickly and effectively in a medical emergency.

And so on that day, along with the birth of Madeline, the idea of SafetyMate was born.

SafetyMate made its formal debut into the market in July of 2006. The introduction of this innovative product category has been embraced in the Safety industry and is exploding into new markets including industrial safety, municipalities, Fortune 500 companies, school districts and universities, private and public transportation, large company campuses and remote and dangerous working sites.