Choking device?

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Anyone heard of these choking device things? My childminder just sent me the link to one because she knows I'm a nervous nerys when it comes to feeding. Are they legit?

www.blazecrown.com/products/choking-emergency-device

I've never seen them recommended on a paediatric first aid course.

If they were as effective as claimed I would imagine every household would have one. Every nursery. Every school. Every old people's home. Every restaurant. Every ambulance.

I've never seen one, have you?

No good point. I've never seen them before. Maybe they're a new thing?

Looks ridiculous I doubt it would work

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I wouldn't touch them with a 10ft disinfected bargepole, and I'll tell you why

Has the kit been proven to work by a national regulator - No. How do I know - the website would be covered with the certification and it isn't- so forget it

With any piece of kit, you need to practise how to use it regularly. Would you do this ?

For the kit to be of any use it would need to be with your child every time he or she eats or drinks. Can you guarantee this would happen ?

If you really are that anxious there are sensible things you can do -
paediatric first aid courses - cover all sorts of childhood incidents, how to spot them and what to do.

sit with your child when they are eating

encourage your child to chew properly

avoid TV / films when they are eating so they can focus on the eating and not laugh and thus inhale food

Please don't waste your money on this

A new life-saving device and they've chosen to launch it on a dodgy looking website that no-one's ever heard of?

They're not new, they've been around for years. They're just not recommended.

I think you'd be better off doing an infant first aid course and to learn about actual signs of choking as some people mistake gagging or retching for choking.

I have seen things like this on a first aid course for adults. They said they do have them for children but the one you posted doesn't look like a very trustworthy one. They also said it's a last resort due to incidents of damaging the throat. Maybe go on a first aid course for children? They can show you techniques.

The video shows it being used on an infant lying on her back. That alone would be enough to put me off it. Add all the other objections posted here, and it's a big fat NO from me.

The best thing you can do to protect your dc from cooking is to go on a first aid course. I had done first aid courses and been the designated first aider since my early teens. One day one of my dc choked on some food and went blue. Even though it was 15 years since I had last done a first aid course, I knew what to do. And dc survived unharmed.

You don't need to protect your dc from cooking. You can protect your dc from choking. (And from autocorrect!)

It’d be much more worthwhile to pay for a kids first aid course instead to make sure you no how to deal with choking confidently. Adds the bonus of other first aid too. Theirs plenty of reasonably priced courses out there for parents.

It looks awful too, I can’t see how that could work.

They're don't have marketing authorisation for children in the UK. Here's an article if of interest to anyone.

Oh love, I know how it feels to be so anxious about choking but these devices are no replacement for effective baby or infant first aid manoeuvres. As PPs have said, find a baby/infant first aid or CPR course and take it - you will feel much better if you know what to do in the unlikely event of choking.

Also as PP have said, familarise yourself with the difference between gagging and choking. Gagging and teaching your baby to spit out food is really important and potentially life saving for them.

I'm not sure why everyone is talking like ots either a first aide course if the above device. Do both. If having the device in the house will give you peace of mind, get it as a last resort. If your child was chocking, you won't forgive yourself if you didn't do everything in your power...