Strangeways prisoner who died in cell may have survived if staff had responded faster, inquest hears
A quicker response from prison staff may have saved the life of an inmate who was found unconscious in his cell, an inquest heard.
Giving evidence during a three-day inquest, Mr Thompson added: "I checked his neck for a pulse and thought I felt one but it might have been adrenaline." He then ran downstairs and alerted other members of staff to assist him. When asked by coroner Zak Golombek if he himself should have issued a 'code blue', he said: "Yes". When challenged why he hadn't, he said: "Inexperience. This was my first experience of this and I was in panic."
He said he entered the cell and tried to get a response from Mr Johnson by shaking him and calling his name. The court heard he told the ombudsmen that he used his fingers to check for a pulse and thought he could feel it faintly. He said: "The balance of probability is that he was alive when they first arrived in the cell. It seems likely he was experiencing some kind of important event like a cardiac arrest.
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