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.
KNOWING what to do – yet being unable to do it – could be more frustrating than NOT KNOWING what to do. In a life or death situation this is fairly obvious, and yet it happens multiple times a day in adult care.
The Dechoker ACD does NOT replace Choking Basic Life Support (and for the record we have never suggested otherwise) and is there as a last resort when exiting procedures prove ineffective.
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Another life saved with a Dechoker ACD to add to the list. A list that gets longer every week, often with more than one incident reported to us from a Dechoker client here in the UK
As is common it was a piece of food that was blocking the resident’s airway and proved difficult to remove. Unresolved they would have died very quickly – fortunately care staff are trained and have access to Dechoker ACD kits placed across the service.
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Last week via LinkedIn we ran a 3 day poll asking the question ‘Does a DNAR apply in a Choking Emergency?‘ with either Yes, No or Don’t know as the options.
15% of the respondents gave the wrong answer, some of whom I suspect were surprised they were incorrect. Neither during a choking emergency, or at the subsequent inquest is the time to have that debate.
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