A patient choked on a sandwich from a snack box and died whilst in hospital for a swollen leg. Peter Raby a 74-year-old choked and passed away within 15 minutes in June last year.
An inquest held at Derby and Derbyshire Coroners Court heard how Mr Raby was due to return to his care home when the incident occurred. Two staff on the ward at the time were unable to clear the airway.
Continue reading “Patient choked to death on sandwich at Royal Derby Hospital” 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.
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Read MoreOver a 2 day period last weekend, 3 of our care home clients had to call on their DeChoker to save a resident from choking.
From our first life saved in April 2018 in Manchester, to multiple uses over several days.
You can read their stories at the links below.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Read MoreProviding care for both dementia patients and people with learning difficulties presents its own challenges. And managing choking risk is a challenge more common in adult care sector in than is immediately obvious to many.
Wheelchair users are a perfect example of where the risk of choking may not necessarily be high, but managing that risk given that back blows and abdominal thrust (prev. Heimlich manoeuvre) are taught on people who are standing up.
Continue reading “Worksop Care Home praised for saving resident from choking with DeChoker.”
Read MoreLast weekend, as the residents of Brookholme Care Home in Chesterfield were enjoying their Sunday lunch care staff became aware of a problem. Despite all the precautions being in place, one of their residents looked like they were choking.
Care staff immediately intervened and began to attempt back blows and abdominal thrusts to try and clear their airway.
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Read MoreA police investigation has been launched into an incident in which a patient choked on bread while in a Derby mental health unit.
The incident occurred at Cubley Court, based at Kingsway Hospital in Derby.
Few details of the choking incident are available, with health officials remaining tight-lipped.
Continue reading “Police probe after patient choked on bread at mental health unit in Derby”
Read MoreWith multiple homes including the stunning Old Vicarage in the town of Bakewell, Westwick provide both residential and nursing care across the beautiful Derbyshire countryside.
Other homes in Chesterfield and Worksop have also had the life-saving equipment installed with staff training completed in a single day across the entire group.
Continue reading “Westwick Group deploy Dechoker across all homes”
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