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Re:Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking by mfoy_ on Friday October 23, 2015 @11:39AM (#10439288)
That's the idea the article conveys, one of these should be next to every defibrillator (and defibs are seen in so many locations).
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Re:Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking by Consultant32452 on Friday October 23, 2015 @11:59AM (#10439425)
Not every restaurant has a defibrillator, but every restaurant may want one of these if it's really that effective.
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Re:Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking by encoderer on Friday October 23, 2015 @12:38PM (#10439677)
And they should have it in the bathroom!

I've heard from an EMT friend that most choking deaths happen in restaurant bathrooms. Somebody gets up to excuse themselves to be polite and dies alone beside the dyson hand dryers.

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Re:Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking by alvinktai on Friday October 23, 2015 @03:18PM (#10440721)
I know if I were choking, I don't know how polite I would be to everyone around me
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Re:Dechoker medical device could end deaths by choking by Consultant32452 on Friday October 23, 2015 @03:37PM (#10440832)
As a person with a medical condition that causes me to choke more often than a normal person would, I usually excuse myself because rectifying the situation typically involves vomiting.
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