AN INQUEST has heard how an 80-year-old care home resident choked to death, after confusion over how to respond because a DNAR was in place.
Robert Murray was eating breakfast at the Avalon Nursing Home in Eastbourne, East Sussex when he began to choke. An apparent lack of awareness meant no ambulance was sent and the resident later died.
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A CORONER has heard how a woman detained under the Mental Health Act at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury, Bucks, managed to take their own life despite being under observation.
Amanda Gibbens was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in July 2020 after the incident on the Ruby Ward but died. The inquest held last month, concluded the cause of death was Hypoxic Brain Injury as a result of Asphyxiation.
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If you stopped someone and asked them who they thought was most at risk of choking to death, the answer would probably be either a baby, or a child. The numbers however, tell us something different.
Data from the ONS on cause of death which specifically included choking, highlighted the common held belief is incorrect. In general, the older you are the more likely you are to die from choking.
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When a choking death occurs in a Care Home, Nursing Home or other Adult Care service there will almost certainly be an inquest. Both the CQC and CCG will be interested, a Police investigation may follow.
Reputation of the service, effect and demand on staff – resulting in absences or resignation – plus distress to other residents all result from a single incident. Better then, surely, to avoid it happening.
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A choking incident at a residential care home run by Hft was over in seconds after support staff turned to their Dechoker – just weeks after the leading adult care provider rolled out the devices.
It did not take long for the life-saving equipment to be called into action after Hft, one of the largest charities supporting people with learning disabilities, completed a roll-out of Dechoker ACD kits and training late last year.
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Dechoker has again demonstrated their benefit in a choking emergency, with two deployments over a couple of days. Both resulted in the airway cleared and both individuals were able to remain in their respective care services.
In one case, the resident sat chatting to paramedics about what had just happened before they arrived – having been only minutes from death shortly beforehand.
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A nursing home resident has died after a ‘choking incident’. Jean Powell, aged 73, passed away on 31st December at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Mark Henley, assistant coroner for Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire, opening the inquest, said: “Shortly before her death, Jean Powell suffered a choking incident which potentially was an unnatural event linked to her death, therefore an inquest will need to be held.”
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We are continuing the year with another 2 Care Home home providers deploying their Dechoker ACD equipment in a choking emergency. Once again care staff were forced to turn to the equipment when they ran out of options with First Aid.
The homes, at near opposite ends of the country in Liverpool and Southampton, both belong to separate care providers who Dechoker kits across all services.
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Care Home provider HC-One has been fined £640,00 by the Health and Safety Investigation Unit after a resident in their died after choking on a doughnut taken from a trolley.
The 65-year old woman was on a modified diet at the time, with the court hearing the resident had been offered unsuitable items in the past.
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With multiple Dechoker ACD kits deployed BEFORE Christmas, the FIRST WEEK of the New Year has already seen 2 choking deaths prevented in 2 different adult care settings within days.
In one case staff struggled to deliver Back Blows and Abdominal Thrusts/Heimlich due to the individual being a wheelchair user. In both cases, the Dechoker successfully removed the obstruction and the resident’s recovered quickly.
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