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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Possible tragedy was avoided earlier this week as a care home in Cheadle, Greater Manchester deployed one of their Dechoker devices as a resident choked on some food.
Food is by far the most common cause of choking across all ages, and is surprisingly more common to result in death in the elderly that than the young.
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Just days after another Dechoker ACD was used to remove a piece of peeled tomato prevent a choking incident – this time broccoli was the culprit.
Some 30-minutes from the nearest ambulance station, care staff were able to deploy their Dechoker ACD when first aid treatment failed to remove the offending vegetable.
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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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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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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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With choking high on the list of watch words during an inspection and Dechoker ACD kits to be found in a significant number of care homes – it’s not surprising CQC inspectors come across them.
There a are a few instances where Dechoker has been cited in a provider’s CQC report and thought we would share some of these with you.
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Care staff stepped up again last week when a resident began choking and was struggling to breathe. Working together they administered first aid which failed to remove the obstruction.
Fortunately, all services within the Coverage Care group have Dechoker devices on-site and once deployed, their airway was cleared in seconds and recovery took minutes.
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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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