Amina Ismail was found unresponsive in her room on the Pankhurst Ward, a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU), at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal
A young woman being cared for at a mental health unit suffered 'ligature strangulation' and went into cardiac arrest after her constant, one-on-one observations were reduced to every 15 minutes, an inquest has heard.
At the end of a third week of an inquest into her death - heard before a jury at South Manchester Coroners' Court in Stockport - evidence from Dr Jasmeet Soar, an A&E consultant with expertise in cardiac arrest, brain injury and resuscitation, was heard. Dr Soar said looking at the CCTV and from reading witness statements, Amina was found 'unresponsive and not breathing' by health workers at 3.36pm on September 15 and that the ligature was 'removed very quickly'.
Asked by assistant coroner Andrew Bridgman whether a one to two minute delay in starting CPR, or the delay in calling the ambulance, would have had an effect on the outcome, he said the delays 'did not make a significant contribution to Amina's death' based on his opinion that she was already in cardiac arrest.
Dr Soar was also questioned by coroner Mr Bridgman on the 'ligature event' on September 14, the day before Amina's death. She never lost consciousness during the incident and did not need to go to hospital, the inquest was told.
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