Don’t Choke

screen shot of site’s front-page

Congratulations to

Dr. Jeffrey Ludemann ( Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery ) and his team for his dontchoke.ubc.ca website. This site is designed to improve understanding of choking hazards and prevention primarily among high school students but has guiding pages for preteens and parents.
The goal is to educate the parents of tomorrow, today ( dontchoke.ubc.ca/about ).

The site fits with the current science and social responsibility curriuculae for grades 5 and 12 in BC. In December 2013, the website was evaluated by 122 students in Grades 11 and 12 in Vancouver. The data showed clear improvement in understanding of choking hazards and prevention (presented at ESPO 2014 in June, in Dublin).

Spanish and Mandarin translations of the website should be on-line later this week. 8 other translations (including French), by Pediatric Otolaryngology colleagues, are pending……

posted : 2014-July-21