It turned out to be a very busy Bank Holiday weekend for many of our clients with 3 Dechoker ACD kits deployed in choking incidents across 3 different adult care services.
This hasn’t happened for a while, however with Dechoker devices being used to prevent a likely choking death every 5 days in the UK alone it only hints towards the problem.
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A coroner hearing the details of a Care Home choking death has said of the incident: ‘The chances of surviving this particular choking event were practically non-existent…’
Ian Wade QC made the statement regarding the death of George ‘David’ Hewitt who choked to death at Essex Care Home just before Christmas last year.
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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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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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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.
Continue reading “Dechoker makes light work of ‘Yoghurt’ as resident chokes” Read MoreLess than 5 months since it first saved a life in the UK, and under a year since it was launched in the UK, Dechoker has once again prevented another care home resident from a choking death.
Set in the beautiful yet somewhat remote rolling fields of the Essex countryside, Dudbrook Hall dates back to the 15th Century and provides care for the elderly, those with memory impairments and Dementia.
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Read MoreEarlier this week, the care team a St Michael’s Homes in Brentwood undertook their Dechoker training in the gorgeous setting of Dudbrook Hall.
The building dates back to the 1602 and now provides nursing and residential care for over 40 residents including those with dementia.
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