"Restaurants should stock anti-choking equipment in their first aid supplies, a coroner has advised, after a pensioner choked to death while dining out. Care home resident, Stuart Gilchrist, 77, passed away in June this year after choking on meat and potatoes at a restaurant. On the day of his death, he was out enjoying a trip with other carers and service users in one of his favourite restaurants."
"The carers quickly spotted his demeanour change and immediately stepped in to assist him with appropriate first aid in the form of back slaps and abdominal thrusts. One of the care staff had the quick-thinking to ask the restaurant if they had a suction device, which can help unblock trapped items within someone's airways, but they did not have one to hand."
The Independent covers stories across reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, investigates financial links such as Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC, and produces documentaries highlighting American women fighting for reproductive rights. The Independent keeps reporting free of paywalls and seeks donations to fund journalists on the ground. A coroner advised that restaurants should stock anti-choking equipment after 77-year-old care home resident Stuart Gilchrist choked on meat and potatoes and died despite carers administering back slaps, abdominal thrusts, and CPR. Staff requested a suction device to clear the airway but the restaurant did not have one. Suction devices are common in care homes but uncommon in restaurants.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]