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Award winning care provider improves patient and staff safety

Posted on 13 January 202113 January 2021 by Dechoker UK

The operators of five purpose built nursing homes in the Northwest of England have deployed Dechoker ACD kits and staff training across all of their sites, a decision that will improve both staff safety in a choking emergency.

L&M Healthcare, who offer a range of General and Dementia Nursing, as well as Residential and Dementia Plus deployed multiple Dechoker ACD kits in each home, with eLearning delivered by My Learning Cloud.
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Posted in BlogTagged #chokeaware, Care Home, CPD, Dechoker, Dementia, eLearning, L&M Healthcare, Nursing Home

Triple Christmas Care Home Choking Tragedy avoided

Posted on 24 December 202024 December 2020 by Dechoker UK

Three residents will ‘still be alive for Christmas’ thanks to the quick responses of care staff at three separate care home choking incidents.

In what could have easily been a triple tragedy for several families, care staff stepped in with Dechoker – avoiding the heartache at possibly the worst time of year.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged #chokeaware, Care Home, Choking, Dechoker, FBAO, Food, Hospital, life saved, Nursing Home

CQC highlight care provider’s approach to choking

Posted on 9 December 20209 December 2020 by Dechoker UK

With choking high on the list of watch words during an inspection and Dechoker ACD kits to be found in a significant number of care homes – it’s not surprising CQC inspectors come across them.

There a are a few instances where Dechoker has been cited in a provider’s CQC report and thought we would share some of these with you.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged Award, CQC, CQC Inspection, Dechoker, life saved, NASHICS, Outstanding

Hospital patient died after choking incident

Posted on 5 November 20205 November 2020 by Dechoker UK

Despite being regarded as at risk of aspiration, a frail and elderly main died after a choking incident. HM Assistant Coroner Graeme Irvine heard at the inquest into the death

Mr Boardman was an elderly and frail man who experienced a decline in his health in late 2019. After being mistakenly sent home by the Royal London Hospital the patient was readmitted shortly before Christmas.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged #chokeaware, Choking, Coroner, Hospital, Inquest, London, NHS

Resident helped as they choked

Posted on 3 November 20203 November 2020 by Dechoker UK

In most cases it’s food that causes people to choke and accounts for around 85% of all choking deaths according to the Office for National Statistics.

This still leaves a lot of incidents where this isn’t the case. And for some people with a variety of conditions their reasons for choking are not as a result of eating and drinking.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged #chokeaware, Care Home, Choking, Coventry, CPD Certified, Dechoker, eLearning, Food, Nursing Home, Warwickshire

Shipston Lodge embrace choking awareness training

Posted on 28 September 202028 September 2020 by Dechoker UK

Set in the beautiful village of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, staff at the Shipston Lodge Nursing Home have recently undertaken new choking awareness and response training.

With the significant risk of choking in the elderly the family-run, all-inclusive home installed Dechoker emergency choking equipment before opening in 2019 and have now updated their skills.
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Posted in BlogTagged CPD, Dechoker, eLearning, Shipston-on-Stour, Training

Care Home resident avoids A&E after Dechoker intervention

Posted on 22 September 202028 September 2020 by Dechoker UK

Lunchtime could have become a very different situation after a Northampton care home resident began to choke on some food.

In response care staff began to deliver choking First Aid which failed to remove the obstruction, leaving care staff with almost nothing else they could do.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged Care Home, Choking, Dechoker, life saved, Northamptonshire, Nursing Home

Scrambled Egg at breakfast no problem for Dechoker

Posted on 17 September 202028 September 2020 by Dechoker UK

Staff at an Essex based provider of step down services and long-term residential care came to the aid of wheelchair user who began to choke this week.

When existing first aid treatments failed they turned to one of their Dechoker ACD kits which removed the scrambled egg. With staff knowing what to do the process took just seconds.
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Posted in BlogTagged ACD, Airway Clearance Device, Clacton-on-Sea, Dechoker, Essex, life saved, Wheelchair

Dechoker makes light work of ‘Yoghurt’ as resident chokes

Posted on 10 September 202010 September 2020 by Dechoker UK

A well rehearsed plan of action helped staff prevent a care home resident in their 90s from choking to death on yoghurt. Carers at the Essex based provider knew exactly what to do when the lunchtime incident occurred.

Recognising the significantly increased risk of choking to the elderly, all staff had only recently undertaken refresher training on the use of Dechoker using the CPD certified eLearning course.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged Care Home, Choking, Dechoker, Essex, Food, life saved

Retired Norfolk Postman died after care home choking incident

Posted on 3 September 20203 September 2020 by Dechoker UK

John Rodwell, 73, was a resident of Norfolk Lodge Care Home in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

At the inquest opening in Norwich, area coroner Yvonne Blake said Mr Rodwell died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Lynn last year.
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Posted in Blog, NewsTagged Care Home, Choking, Choking Death, Coroner, Inquest, Norfolk, Norwich, Nursing Home

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