Thanks to the hard work of the team over at Flexebee, the Dechoker ACD training course is now available to their clients on their eLearning platform.
The module sits alongside the existing Flexebee e-learning courses. Their portfolio of not only engage your staff, they help empower them to be the best at whatever skill they choose.
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Dechoker UK are pleased to announce that their life-saving device training is now available to clients of Medex Group on their eLearning platform.
From being the first training provider to offer all health and social training across the UK Medex Learning has evolved to become one of the leading Skills for Care providers of eLearning and face-to-face training.
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Carers at a Manchester care home found themselves turning to their Dechoker ACD for help when a resident proved too heavy to lift.
Repeated back blows failed to dislodge the obstruction. Attempts to deliver abdominal thrusts however were found to be impossible as carers could not support the the resident in order to deliver them.
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LIFE SAVED: Earlier this morning we were notified that a Dechoker ACD had been deployed at one of client’s adult care homes in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Mashed potato was the culprit here, and with First Aid proving unsuccessful care staff were forced to turn to Dechoker for assistance. A superb end to what could have again been another loss for another family.
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Lunchtime at an Exmouth Care Home nearly ended in tragedy when a resident began choking on a peeled tomato. Care staff delivered choking Basic Life Support but the object did not budge.
Fortunately the home is equipped with Dechoker ACD kits with staff trained in both how and when to use them. Within moments of being deployed the resident was able to breath again.
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When it comes to delivering choking Basic Life Support, or BLS, the process hasn’t changed in over 60 years. With the development of Airway Clearance Devices in the last 5-years when they should be used is has been asked since Day 1
Under guidance from the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) a protocol was established to ensure existing choking BLS is attempted before a device is deployed.
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Another Dechoker client reported using their Dechoker ACD to prevent a resident from choking when the obstruction couldn’t be cleared using back blows and abdominal thrusts.
Launceston is situated off the A30 and has an average ambulance response time of over 12 and a half minutes based on the last available data. Another successful outcome in what would otherwise have been a very different story.
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Back in September last year, just as we started to lock down again we visited one of the new homes of Lovett Care and delivered Dechoker training.
Having recognised the risks, Lovett Care made the decision to deploy our life-saving ACD equipment across all of their homes – and one that very recently proved proved to be a life-saving decision.
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Following on from our recent blog post regarding Care Home returning to training, the Dechoker team were back at Fonthill House this week seeing some old and new faces.
The family-owned and family-run, 64-bed care home in St Albans provides a range of care and is rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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In what is clearly a sign of things returning to normal across the Adult Care sector we already have a diary full of bookings for face to face Dechoker Device Training.
As well as our CPD Certified eLearning Module and our Train The Trainer option Dechoker also deliver device only training for small groups on a rolling basis.
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