Heart Attack Choking Incident
Sep 19th 2024
We recently received a report from a care facility in Spain. The story is as follows: "At lunchtime, the nursing assistants detected [a choking incident] while the resident was eating. He became pale and did not respond to physical or verbal stimuli. The Heimlich maneuver was performed without being effective. The Dechoker was used between 2-4 occasions. After administering oxygen therapy and performing maneuvers, the resident vomited with partial recovery of consciousness. After receiving external health care from the center, he reported that he had suffered an AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction) [also known as a heart attack]."