Within just a few years of Dechoker being made available to the Adult Care sector in the UK, an NHS Foundation Trust published an efficacy study exploring 27 lives saved with the device in the UK
Covid constraints on medical journals during 2020 delayed the the peer-reviewed study which was finally published in December by Frontiers – one of the leading open-access medical journals in the world.
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The bright yellow boxes containing a Dechoker device have become a familiar and welcome site in thousands of care homes throughout the UK in recent years.
Now, after the publication by an NHS Trust demonstrating the effectiveness of the Airway Clearance Device the company behind the life-saving equipment are set to save even more lives in the adult-care sector.
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A study that looks at choking and how it managed in the Adult Care sector has been undertaken by the The Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT).
Due to be published shortly, it examines the issues faced managing a cohort that is at an increased risk of choking, and who often present a challenge when attempting to deliver an emergency response.
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