Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness
About Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness
This course is ideal for staff working in care settings. Candidates learn the causes of choking, its signs and symptoms, and the steps they can take to prevent it from happening. Candidates will also learn different diet options, which foods could pose a risk to patients and practical skills needed to help someone with their eating.
Course Length
Our Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness training course is 3 hours long and completed in a half-day. Our courses are structured to allow breaks for learners to eat and rest.
Certificate Validity
The Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness last 12 months (1 year). Before expiry, you’ll need to re-enrol to receive a new certificate.
Delivery
Our most popular form of training is held in-house, where we send a trainer out to your premises for a face-to-face session (for groups of up to 12). We also run a Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness training course online. Ask about our webinar sessions.
Topics Covered
Please see our course outline here. During this Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness training course, you will learn what dysphagia is, the signs and symptoms of choking, signs and symptoms of aspiration, and much more…
Cost/Pricing
Pricing can vary depending on location, dates, group size (where applicable), and more factors. For a free email quotation, please contact our advisors directly on 0800 781 2041 or leave an enquiry.
How do you get Certified?
This course is available via an in-house group course for up to 12 delegates. Choose for the course to be delivered either face to face or by a blended learning option, at a time and place convenient to you. Alternatively, learn through one of our scheduled courses at centres located across the UK. Upon completion of this course, a certificate will be awarded.
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Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness Course Outline
- Dysphagia.
- Signs and symptoms of choking.
- Signs and symptoms of aspiration.
- Diet.
- Which foods put service users at risk?
- Assisting someone with their eating – what to do, and what not to do.
- Managing an emergency
Speak with one of our training consultants for free advice, no-obligation quotations, and more useful information.
Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness FAQs
What is meant by Choking Prevention?
Choking prevention looks at the causes of choking and in the case of patients discusses active steps that can be taken to prevent its occurrence. It is particularly relevant to those that suffer from Dysphagia.
What is Dysphagia?
Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe difficulty swallowing. Dysphagia is usually cased by another health condition, such as: a stroke, head injury, dementia, mouth or oesophageal cancer.
How will the course help prevent choking?
Delegates will be taught the importance of diet and more specifically will learn the kinds of food that put service users at risk.
What else will I learn from the course?
The course covers choking, Dysphagia, food groups that may be a risk, how to assist someone with their eating and how to react in an emergency. This includes how to resuscitate a patient if the worst happens.
Who needs this training?
This course is essential for those in the care sector.
Choking Prevention and Resuscitation Awareness FAQs
What is meant by Choking Prevention?
Choking prevention looks at the causes of choking and in the case of patients discusses active steps that can be taken in order to prevent it’s occurrence. It is particularly relevant to those that suffer from Dysphagia.
What is Dysphagia?
Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe difficulty swallowing. Dysphagia is usually caused by another health condition, such as a stroke, head injury, dementia, mouth or oesophageal cancer.
How will the course help prevent choking?
Delegates will be taught the importance of diet and more specifically will learn the kinds of food that put service users at risk.
What else will I learn in the course?
The course covers choking, Dysphagia, food groups that may be a risk, how to assist someone with their eating and how to react in an emergency. This includes how to resuscitate a patient if the worst happens.
Who needs this training?
This course is essential for those in the care sector.
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