[Dysphagia] Query from nurse re throat massage

[kgoertz at paphr.sk.ca (Clarke-Goertz, Kim (PAPHR))]

Hello All,
I had this question asked of me today and my initial response was negative,
in that I would not consider throat massage, what do the members of the
listerv think?
A RN requested that one of my students (who is an employee of the KTHR)
massage the throat of a gentleman who was pocketing food-in order to get him
to swallow. I told her that this was not a good practice and that I would
not do this throat massage to initiate the swallow of someone who pocketed
food- was I right and if so is there anywhere that is covered in the manual
or elsewhere that I can refer to for my students?

Kim