The Dechoker ACD – Airway Clearance Device – has been developed for use in a choking emergency when existing Basic Life Support techniques have failed.
When a person’s airway is obstructed and they cannot breathe – either with food or another object – then time is absolutely critical. The hand-held Dechoker creates directed suction over the airway and is designed to remove food, liquid or other obstructions.
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.
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.
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.
In a choking emergency, delivering back blows and abdominal thrusts on someone is difficult enough. If that person needs support when standing, then doing either is going to be harder still.
If you are a wheelchair user, or you support, know or work with someone who is, you may want to take a moment to consider the options available in a choking emergency.
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Despite being regarded as at risk of aspiration, a frail and elderly main died after a choking incident. HM Assistant Coroner Graeme Irvine heard at the inquest into the death
Mr Boardman was an elderly and frail man who experienced a decline in his health in late 2019. After being mistakenly sent home by the Royal London Hospital the patient was readmitted shortly before Christmas.
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In most cases it’s food that causes people to choke and accounts for around 85% of all choking deaths according to the Office for National Statistics.
This still leaves a lot of incidents where this isn’t the case. And for some people with a variety of conditions their reasons for choking are not as a result of eating and drinking.
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