A family dinner outing ended in the death of 48-year-old John Kocak in a Greenfield, Mass. restaurant\u2019s bathroom. Kocak choked to death on food.<\/p>\n
This story might have had a different ending, if the restaurant where Kocak died, after temporary revival, had the proper tools on the premises for removing food from airways and had the staff had proper training on how to handle such situations.<\/p>\n
In 2011, the Kocak family went out for a meal at Applebee’s restaurant. Kocak left the table to go to the bathroom, but did not come back. When his father went to find him, he found his son unconscious on the bathroom floor. Kocak\u2019s father immediately asked the assistant manager to call 911.<\/p>\n
When EMT\u2019s arrived, Kocak was not breathing and had no pulse. Emergency medical personnel removed food from his airway and managed to resuscitate him. He was rushed to hospital where he survived for several days, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A family dinner outing ended in the death of 48-year-old John Kocak in a Greenfield, Mass. restaurant\u2019s bathroom. Kocak choked to death on food. This story might have had a different ending, if the restaurant where Kocak died, after temporary…<\/span><\/p>\n