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.
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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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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Lovett Care has further demonstrated their commitment to staff and resident safety with the deployment of multiple Dechoker devices across all of their homes.
The Staffordshire and Cheshire based adult care provider has also invested in additional staff training both hands on and using the Dechoker CPD Certified eLearning course hosted by their existing provider.
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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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Yorkare Homes has once again called on Dechoker to assist in a choking emergency, with the resident remaining safe and well in the home.
It comes just months after the CQC cited their Yorkshire based care provider’s use of innovative technology as it delivered an Outstanding rating for their home in Hedon.
A care home run by Royal Star & Garter in Solihull has been rated ‘Outstanding’ in all five areas in a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.
The home earned the top rating across all five tested areas – Safety, Effectiveness, Care, Responsiveness and Leadership – following an inspection.
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A Northamptonshire firm responsible for developing a pioneering device used in choking emergencies has secured a £70,000 investment.
Dechoker UK has received the finance from Enterprise Loans East Midlands through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
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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 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.
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