Dechoker UK – Dechoker – Because Every Second Counts

In a Choking Emergency

Every Second Counts

A person can die from choking in under 10 minutes – It is important to clear the airway as quickly as possible.

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Our CPD Certified – Dechoker eLearning course is provided FREE and available from leading eLearning partners.

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NHS Trust efficacy study

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Peer-reviewed and published – Setting the standard with the NHS and frontiers Journal

The Dechoker ACD is, by comparison, a relatively new approach to managing choking.

To evidence both safety and efficacy of the Dechoker ACD an NHS Foundation Trust completed both a practical and clinical study of the device. This has now been peer-reviewed and published.

Reviewing 27 incidents where a Dechoker has been used, the study also examines the current guidance around choking.

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About Dechoker

The team of people behind Dechoker are committed to one thing – saving lives.
Our people work closely with our clients to support them when they need it – whilst providing advice and guidance for those wanting to know what they can do to reduce the risk of choking.

How It Works

Dechoker uses suction to remove obstructions blocking a person’s airway and preventing them from breathing. Using suction – not force – the effect on liquids is just as impressive.

Clinical Support

Compliance, regulation and most importantly safety are at the core of everything we do at Dechoker – and has been since day 1. If you represent a CCG, NHS Trust, Local Authority, Council or other organisation and want to know more about Dechoker please get in touch.

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Who and Where we Support

For more than 4 years we have been saving lives in the UK.

Our objective is – and always has been – to reduce the number of deaths and raise awareness of the silent killer that is choking.

Our Training Partners

Our Dechoker Device Training course is already available on the training platforms below.

If your’s isn’t listed then get in touch – additional eLearning providers are being added soon.

Our Clients

We support a lot of people to prevent the risk of choking death – more than we can list here – and from different sectors. Where there is a high risk of an individual choking, or the arrival of emergency assistance is excessive we can help save lives in a choking emergency.

Keep Up to Date With Our Latest Information

There is always plenty to talk about in the adult care sector – and plenty of places to read it. If you want to see what we have been doing and read about topics that will be of interest to those people looking to reduce the risk of choking, choking death and how to make their setting safer.

NHS choking study sets Dechoker on path to saving more lives in the care sector

Posted on 22 January 202122 January 2021

The bright yellow boxes containing a Dechoker device have become a familiar and welcome site in thousands of care homes throughout the UK in recent years.

Now, after the publication by an NHS Trust demonstrating the effectiveness of the Airway Clearance Device the company behind the life-saving equipment are set to save even more lives in the adult-care sector.
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Inmate chokes to death after swallowing package

Posted on 18 January 202118 January 2021

An inquest jury has ruled that the death of a 41-year old prisoner was an ‘accident’ after he choked at HMP Dovegate in Uttoxter.

Kevin Lovatt, who was serving a sentence for burglary when the incident happened, died after he could not be resuscitated by officers or paramedics following a struggle.
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Hospital Cancer Patient chokes to death on sandwich despite warnings

Posted on 16 January 202116 January 2021

An inquest has heard how a patient at Northern General Hospital died after choking on a sandwich she should not have been given. Joan Howard was given the food despite warnings from her family regarding the risks.

In a response to the coroner’s report the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said that it will ‘learn’ from the incident after several concerns were raised.
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