E-Learning & LMS Solution provider YourHippo.com have added the Dechoker ACD training course to their portfolio. It will sit alongside their interactive and engaging courses crafted by their in-house experts.
Their sister company, Orchard Rock Training provide outstanding Face to Face courses to the care sector throughout the UK.
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Thanks to the hard work of the team over at Flexebee, the Dechoker ACD training course is now available to their clients on their eLearning platform.
The module sits alongside the existing Flexebee e-learning courses. Their portfolio of not only engage your staff, they help empower them to be the best at whatever skill they choose.
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Dechoker UK are pleased to announce that their life-saving device training is now available to clients of Medex Group on their eLearning platform.
From being the first training provider to offer all health and social training across the UK Medex Learning has evolved to become one of the leading Skills for Care providers of eLearning and face-to-face training.
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Carers at a Manchester care home found themselves turning to their Dechoker ACD for help when a resident proved too heavy to lift.
Repeated back blows failed to dislodge the obstruction. Attempts to deliver abdominal thrusts however were found to be impossible as carers could not support the the resident in order to deliver them.
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LIFE SAVED: Earlier this morning we were notified that a Dechoker ACD had been deployed at one of client’s adult care homes in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Mashed potato was the culprit here, and with First Aid proving unsuccessful care staff were forced to turn to Dechoker for assistance. A superb end to what could have again been another loss for another family.
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Possible tragedy was avoided earlier this week as a care home in Cheadle, Greater Manchester deployed one of their Dechoker devices as a resident choked on some food.
Food is by far the most common cause of choking across all ages, and is surprisingly more common to result in death in the elderly that than the young.
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Relias have become latest digital learning provider to add the Dechoker ACD training course to their portfolio of courses. Adult care providers who access their LMS platform will be able to undertake the module as part of their subscription.
Relias has been providing digital learning solutions for health and social care since 2002 and have helped over 10,000 organisations globally to improve their standard of care.
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Just days after another Dechoker ACD was used to remove a piece of peeled tomato prevent a choking incident – this time broccoli was the culprit.
Some 30-minutes from the nearest ambulance station, care staff were able to deploy their Dechoker ACD when first aid treatment failed to remove the offending vegetable.
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Lunchtime at an Exmouth Care Home nearly ended in tragedy when a resident began choking on a peeled tomato. Care staff delivered choking Basic Life Support but the object did not budge.
Fortunately the home is equipped with Dechoker ACD kits with staff trained in both how and when to use them. Within moments of being deployed the resident was able to breath again.
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When it comes to delivering choking Basic Life Support, or BLS, the process hasn’t changed in over 60 years. With the development of Airway Clearance Devices in the last 5-years when they should be used is has been asked since Day 1
Under guidance from the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) a protocol was established to ensure existing choking BLS is attempted before a device is deployed.
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