A care home nurse described how he tried to save the life of a choking pensioner at her care home in Bourne.
Joan George, 73, died in the late evening on the 28th September 2016, at Abbey Court Care Home in Bourne after she choked on a sandwich, an inquest heard on Monday 25th March.
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Read MoreA CARE home resident who was described as a “wonderful character” died after choking on a large piece of meat, an inquest heard.
Geoffrey Hull was a resident at Gracewell of Salisbury, Shapland Close, Wilton Road, at the time of his death on 29th November last year.
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Read MoreA 96-year-old woman suffering from dementia died after choking on food, an inquest opening has heard.
Florence Wright died at Woodside house care home in Norwich, where she lived, on the 27th February.
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Read MoreA police force is training staff on the risks of choking after a coroner hit out at the “complete lack of knowledge” shown in an arrest in which a man died.
Drug dealer Karl Brunner, 48, swallowed heroin as he was being detained in Bedford in 2016, and died in hospital.
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Read MoreA Liverpool mum has told how an Arriva bus driver saved a baby’s life at Alder Hey Children’s hospital after the little girl began ‘choking’ while on his bus.
Stacia Joel said that the bus driver came running across East Prescot Road and into the hospital at around 5pm on 2nd March with a one-year-old girl in his arms, trying desperately to dislodge something that appeared to be stuck in her throat.
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Read MoreA police investigation has been launched into an incident in which a patient choked on bread while in a Derby mental health unit.
The incident occurred at Cubley Court, based at Kingsway Hospital in Derby.
Few details of the choking incident are available, with health officials remaining tight-lipped.
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Read MoreA businessman found dead on his boat at Conwy marina choked on a large piece of ham, an inquest heard.
The alarm was raised on 6th October 2018 when Sarah Barker became worried that she could not contact her husband David who had gone to the boat – named “My Sarah” – with his dog from their home in Dronfield, North Derbyshire.
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Read MoreA PENSIONER choked to death the day after moving from one care home to another after after conflicting details over his diet, an inquest heard.
After the hearing the family of 88-year-old Ottorino Finzi said they hoped that lessons had been learned from the death.
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