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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A High Wycombe woman living in supported accommodation sadly choked but later died – paramedics managed to clear some of the food from her airway after she began choking on her evening meal.
At the inquest into the death of Sarah Chalkley, aged 41, a Coroner heard how she had been diagnosed with Huntingdon’s Chorea, a disease that can affect the ability to chew and swallow food – increasing the risk of choking.
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A 46-year-old man died after choking on a piece of toast Peter Harley had last been seen eating the toast on the settee at the family’s Heron Cross home.
But two hours later his dad – also named Peter Harley – discovered his son unresponsive on the sofa in the early hours of 12th February
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Read MoreA Dad age 41 died after choking on a “large lump of meat” as he cooked dinner at home, an inquest has heard. Florin Lungu was from Romania but lived in Epsom, where he worked at a car wash.
The 41-year-old lived in shared accommodation with his wife, Carmen. Mr Lungu died two weeks after he was admitted to hospital after choking on food he was eating while cooking, the court heard.
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Read MoreA former leader of Islington Council died after choking on a piece of food. An inquest held into his death was told that he choked whilst having dinner in a restaurant with friends.
Steve Hitchins, 68, had also been a chairman of the Whittington Hospital. A statement from fellow Whittington board member Jonathan Gardner was read to St Pancras Coroner’s Court. Continue reading “Former Islington Town Hall leader died after choking on food in restaurant”
Read MoreAn inquest hearing at Newport Coroners’ Court on Tuesday heard how a mother who died after choking at a restaurant in Ebbw Vale, Wales told her daughter “I’m going, I’m going” before collapsing.
Karen Hopkins, 47, was enjoying an evening meal with her daughter Rhiannon Evans at the Brewers Fayre restaurant in August last year when tragedy occurred.
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Read MoreA woman died at her home in Lincoln after choking on chicken. Lily Babb, 76, was found unconscious by a carer at her home on March 20th this year.
A LIVES First Responder and an ambulance crew both administered “advanced life support” after finding her in cardiac arrest but nothing could be done to save her, an inquest at Boston Coroners’ Court heard.
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Read MoreA woman with “locked-in syndrome” choked to death after trying to emulate a challenge she had seen on the TV series Love Island , a coroner heard.
Mia Louise Austin, who inspired thousands of people after suffering a stroke which left her unable to move or speak, had watched the ITV series last summer when contestants had tried to see how many marshmallows they could put in their mouths.
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