An inquest held into the death of the 57 year-old Tony Wilkinson has found he was ‘unlawfully killed’ after choking to death on a burger whilst on a trip out.
Mr Wilkinson who was from Barnsley, began choking in the pub at Manchester Airport after being taken by a support staff for burger. He suffered with Fragile X syndrome and was under 24-hour care by an agency.
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Within just a few years of Dechoker being made available to the Adult Care sector in the UK, an NHS Foundation Trust published an efficacy study exploring 27 lives saved with the device in the UK
Covid constraints on medical journals during 2020 delayed the the peer-reviewed study which was finally published in December by Frontiers – one of the leading open-access medical journals in the world.
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Sent home after originally being seen in hospital following a choking incident, the woman was given antibiotics after an X-ray failed to identify the items.
Her symptoms worsened and she returned to the hospital where a CT scan identified 28 crayons in her oesophagus. These were surgically removed before she later died.
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Staffing levels at Dechoker UK offices jumped recently as preparations began for this rather impressive, and yet some might say unsettling looking group prepared to make their way out to a new client.
One of the largest adult care providers in the UK will shortly commence training ahead of a national roll-out of Dechoker ACD kits within their services. Who is it?
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A Colchester Care Home resident died after choking on his lunch just a few hours after being given his first Covid-19 vaccination and beating the virus.
In a further tragic twist his wife had died in a car accident just a few days before after she was on her way home from her own vaccination. Neither of the two incidents are being linked to the vaccination.
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Achieve together have become the latest adult care provider to introduce Dechoker ACD equipment as phase 1 of training and deployment is completed across more than 150 sites.
Formed in 2018 with a merger between cmg and The Regard Group, Achieve together are one of the biggest support providers for people with learning disabilities and autism in the UK.
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The Award Winning Provider of Social Care eLearning Grey Matter, have added Dechoker training to their portfolio of courses on their Click platform.
The CPD Certified course covers all aspects of Dechoker use including how and when to use the life-saving device in a choking emergency. Care providers that subscribe to Click can access the course for free.
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A man from Ealing, London died in hospital after being ruled not fit for surgery as a result of a choking incident suffered whilst at home.
The West London Coroner’s Court heard Shajaat Husain, a retired window cleaner originally from Bangladesh, was given palliative care and died on New Year’s Day.
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Demonstrating their commitment to delivering ‘high levels of care’ across their adult care services, Glenholme have purchased 32 Dechoker ACD kits for their portfolio of homes.
Glenholme provide first class nursing and residential care for the elderly including those with challenging behaviour or dementia care. Staff were able to complete their device eLearning module using eLFY.
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Becoming one of the latest care providers to focus on choking safety in 2021 both Clarendon Care and Redwood Healthcare groups have deployed Dechoker ACD devices across all 14 of their homes.
Training on how to use the life-saving device was provided by their existing eLearning provider Altura Learning allowing them to quickly deploy the equipment across all services.
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