Paul Day
10 May 2024 · Coroner Peter Nieto · Derby and Derbyshire
The coroner's concerns
1. mistakenly assess person to be in a state of rigor mortis
“prisons. The inclusion of rigor mortis in the exclusions for CPR is something of an outlier as compared to the other reasons which would clearly and obviously evidence that death had occurred, even to someone without first aid training. In those prisons without 24-hour healthcare staffing prison officer staff are operating under guidance that they are not trained to be able to follow (re rigor mortis). In prisons with 24-hour healthcare staffing it is likely that healthcare staff would attend a”