A Liverpool care home has seen first hand just how beneficial having a DeChoker on site can be, when one of their residents began choking last week.
The incident occurred during breakfast time at Flightcare’s Orchard Care Home, with staff having done all they could and the resident unresponsive.
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Read MoreWith the number of deaths from Covid-19 in the UK reported daily, it was recently revealed that the figure only included deaths that occurred in hospital.
Although Covid related deaths in care homes are now included these numbers are 2 weeks out of date, there are calls for more recent or even daily figures to be made available.
Continue reading “Why Covid-19 Deaths in Care Homes remains a mystery.”
Read MoreAt at time where there doesn’t appear to be a huge amount of good news we are once again pleased to say Dechoker has been used to save another life in a choking emergency.
Earlier this week carers at the Ashley Court care home in Llanelli were unable to deliver Basic Life Support and thankfully were able to call on their training and Dechoker for help.
Continue reading “Carers reacted when Llanelli resident began choking on their breakfast”
Read MoreDECHOKER UK are pleased to announce their partnership with the Northamptonshire NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), furthering our commitment to reducing number of choking deaths in the adult care sector.
The project which began last summer had 2 strands and involved the Research & Innovation team from the NHFT reviewing the existing literature, in addition to field based research where a DECHOKER has been used in a choking emergency.
Read MoreA large number of our clients are adult care providers including #carehomes and #nursinghomes who are obviously under lot of pressure due to the #coronavirus outbreak.
We were in touch with our clients at an early stage, reassuring them that as a supplier of medical devices our contingency planning was already in place.
Continue reading “Coronavirus & Dechoker – UPDATE”
Read MoreWorking as a charity in the North East since 1946 St Cuthbert’s origibally provided residential care for the children left orphaned in the aftermath of World War II
Since then they have diversified,and for many years have now provided care and support in the local community where there is none, or where nobody else will.
Read MoreWith two wonderful homes in Newcastle upon Tyne, care staff at the aptly named Hadrian Healthcare finished their Dechoker device training this week.
The life saving equipment is now ready to help in a choking emergency, with care teams also completing their #chokeaware module as par of the process.
Continue reading “Care teams at Hadrian Healthcare complete DeChoker and #chokeaware training”
Read MoreDespite what is probably regarded locally as a light sprinkle the weather didn’t manage to prevent care staff at Chapel Lodge Care Home in the Derbyshire town of Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Care staff spent the afternoon learning how to use the DeChoker and how to reduce to the risk of choking in the home.
Continue reading “Weather fails to prevent choking training in the “Capital of the Peak””
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Fonthill House, a family-owned and family-run luxury nursing and care home in St Albans have become one of the latest to deploy DeChoker.
Rated Outstanding by the CQC they offer offer a range of palliative, short and long term care for adults both in their purpose built home and in the community.
Continue reading “Fonthill House complete staff DeChoker training”
Read MoreWe’re often asked what a paramedic would do when arriving on the scene of a choking emergency. When someone begins to choke they will become unresponsive very quickly, and is likely to be the case on arrival.
If unresponsive, and a Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO) / choking is identified then standard practice is to deploy forceps in an attempt to clear the airway.
Continue reading “Choking? Pass the forceps…”
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