John Atkinson's injuries were 'survivable' but he did not receive the 'treatment and care he should have', the chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry says. He was one of 22 innocent people who lost their lives following the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.
A victim of the Manchester Arena bombing would likely have survived had it not been for the inadequate emergency response, an inquiry has found.
The inquiry has heard that firefighters did not arrive at Manchester Arena until two hours after the bombing; only one paramedic entered the blast scene in the first 40 minutes, and Greater Manchester Police did not declare a major incident for more than two hours., with some experts telling the inquiry she could have survived had the response been different.
He was standing just six metres away from Salman Abedi when the bomber detonated his device at about 10.30pm on 22 May 2017, causing severe injuries to Mr Atkinson's legs.The inquiry heard Mr Atkinson, from Bury, Greater Manchester, lost a significant amount of blood as he laid in agony on the foyer floor for 47 minutes before he was carried downstairs by police on a makeshift stretcher to a casualty clearing area at Victoria station.
He was not triaged, assessed or assisted by North West Ambulance Service personnel during his time in the foyer. He added that more paramedics should have been in the City Room earlier and they would likely have"identified the need for urgent treatment and evacuation" of Mr Atkinson."That did not occur," Sir John said."Responsibility for that failure rests with NWAS.
"Either way, he would have reached hospital before having a cardiac arrest and is likely to have survived," Sir John said. The inquiry heard that police officers, arena staff and members of the public were forced to carry injured people using advertising hoardings, crowd barriers and tables due to the lack of stretchers, which Sir John said was"a painful and unsafe way of moving the injured".
• Inspector Benjamin Dawson, from British Transport Police , declared a major incident around 10 minutes after the attack but did not tell GMP or GMFRS
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