27 lives saved and a 78% reduction in A&E visits as reported in a study of Dechoker by an NHS Trust setting the standard for ACD research.
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.
The team at Dechoker UK are committed to one thing – saving lives in a choking emergency.
Our people work closely with our clients to support them when they need it – providing advice and guidance for those wanting to reduce the risk of choking death.
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.
Another Dechoker client reported using their Dechoker ACD to prevent a resident from choking when the obstruction couldn’t be cleared using back blows and abdominal thrusts.
Launceston is situated off the A30 and has an average ambulance response time of over 12 and a half minutes based on the last available data. Another successful outcome in what would otherwise have been a very different story.
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It turned out to be a very busy Bank Holiday weekend for many of our clients with 3 Dechoker ACD kits deployed in choking incidents across 3 different adult care services.
This hasn’t happened for a while, however with Dechoker devices being used to prevent a likely choking death every 5 days in the UK alone it only hints towards the problem.
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A High Wycombe woman living in supported accommodation sadly choked but later died – paramedics managed to clear some of the food from her airway after she began choking on her evening meal.
At the inquest into the death of Sarah Chalkley, aged 41, a Coroner heard how she had been diagnosed with Huntingdon’s Chorea, a disease that can affect the ability to chew and swallow food – increasing the risk of choking.
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