A Dad age 41 died after choking on a “large lump of meat” as he cooked dinner at home, an inquest has heard. Florin Lungu was from Romania but lived in Epsom, where he worked at a car wash.
The 41-year-old lived in shared accommodation with his wife, Carmen. Mr Lungu died two weeks after he was admitted to hospital after choking on food he was eating while cooking, the court heard.
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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.
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Read MoreA former leader of Islington Council died after choking on a piece of food. An inquest held into his death was told that he choked whilst having dinner in a restaurant with friends.
Steve Hitchins, 68, had also been a chairman of the Whittington Hospital. A statement from fellow Whittington board member Jonathan Gardner was read to St Pancras Coroner’s Court. Continue reading “Former Islington Town Hall leader died after choking on food in restaurant”
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.
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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…”
Read MoreA 63-year-old man died after choking on a piece of pork while eating dinner with his grandson.
Martin Collins died on April 27th last year at his home in Caerphilly after a piece of food, believed to be pork, became lodged in his airway.
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Read MoreThe following Blog Post is from an article by our CEO that first appeared on LinkedIn
In the last 10 days I’ve travelled from almost one end of the British Isles to the other and back again.
Visiting Glasgow, Leeds (twice), Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Leicester, St Albans and finally to Dorset and their annual care conference.
Continue reading “It’s never happened before and it’s not a requirement. So why bother?”
Read MoreStaff at Rushcliffe Care will now begin receiving training in use of DeChoker.
The Loughborough based adult care provider has become one of the latest to deploy the life-saving equipment across all their homes.
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