{"id":9042,"date":"2020-07-01T17:27:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riversidecampus.com\/primary\/?page_id=9042"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:27:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T16:27:21","slug":"grape-choking-hazard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/?page_id=9042","title":{"rendered":"GRAPE CHOKING HAZARD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doctors warning Lack of awareness of grape choking hazard puts children at risk \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/dec\/20\/lack-of-awareness-of-grape-choking-hazard-putting-children-at-risk-say-doctors?utm_source=Child+Accident+Prevention+Trust&utm_campaign=ae6db702d8-grapes-guardian&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_07d0f347c0-ae6db702d8-151808877&mc_cid=ae6db702d8&mc_eid=a9a99a3785<\/a><\/p>\n

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Doctors have issued a stark warning that young children can choke to death on whole grapes, describing three cases of children who needed emergency treatment:<\/p>\n

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*\u00a0\u00a0 A five-year-old boy choked while eating grapes at an after-school club. Despite first aid, the grape could not be dislodged and the child had a heart attack and died.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 A 17-month-old boy choked while eating grapes with his family at home. Paramedics were called and the grape was eventually removed but the little boy still died.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 A two-year-old choked while snacking on grapes in the park. He suffered two seizures and spent five days in intensive care before thankfully making a full recovery.<\/p>\n

The doctors warn that food is responsible for over half of all fatal choking accidents, with grapes the third most common cause of death in food-related incidents.<\/p>\n

Why are grapes so dangerous?<\/p>\n

The size and shape of grapes means they can completely plug a child\u2019s airway. And the tight seal produced by the grape\u2019s smooth surface makes them difficult to dislodge with standard first aid techniques.<\/p>\n

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Young children are particularly vulnerable to choking on grapes because:<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 They don\u2019t have a full set of teeth and are still learning to chew properly.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Their swallow reflex is still developing.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Their airway is very small.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s why we advise that grapes should be chopped in half lengthways and ideally in quarters.<\/p>\n

As a shared learning point, Doctors are asking that this information is shared widely across your networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Doctors warning Lack of awareness of grape choking hazard puts children at risk \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/dec\/20\/lack-of-awareness-of-grape-choking-hazard-putting-children-at-risk-say-doctors?utm_source=Child+Accident+Prevention+Trust&utm_campaign=ae6db702d8-grapes-guardian&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_07d0f347c0-ae6db702d8-151808877&mc_cid=ae6db702d8&mc_eid=a9a99a3785   Doctors have issued a stark warning that young children can choke to death on whole grapes, describing three cases of children who needed emergency treatment:   *\u00a0\u00a0 A five-year-old boy choked while eating grapes at an after-school club. Despite first aid, the grape could not be dislodged and the child had a heart attack and died. *\u00a0\u00a0 A 17-month-old boy choked while eating grapes with his family at home. Paramedics were called and the grape was eventually removed but the little boy still died. *\u00a0\u00a0 A two-year-old choked while snacking on grapes in the park. He suffered two seizures and spent five days in intensive care before thankfully making a full recovery. The doctors warn that food is responsible for over half of all fatal choking accidents, with grapes the third most common cause of death in food-related incidents. Why are grapes so dangerous? The size and shape of grapes means they can completely plug a child\u2019s airway. And the tight seal produced by the grape\u2019s smooth surface makes them difficult to dislodge with standard first aid techniques.   Young children are particularly vulnerable to choking on grapes because: *\u00a0\u00a0 They don\u2019t have a full set of teeth and are still learning to chew properly. *\u00a0\u00a0 Their swallow reflex is still developing. *\u00a0\u00a0 Their airway is very small. It\u2019s why we advise that grapes should be chopped in half lengthways and ideally in quarters. As a shared learning point, Doctors are asking that this information is shared widely across your networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9044,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9042\/revisions\/9044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/primary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}