Kevin Cashin
21 Jun 2024 · Coroner Catherine McKenna · Manchester North
The coroner's concerns
1. delayed recognition of cardiac arrest
“The Court heard from an expert in pre-hospital emergency medicine and anaesthesia who had viewed the officers' body worn footage which covered events from their arrival at the scene to [the deceased]'s transfer to hospital. The expert's evidence was that [the deceased] had been unconscious at the point that he was placed in the seated position following the restraint. The expert also gave evidence that [the deceased] was in cardiac arrest for a period of six and a half minutes before this was recognised by the officers”