Patient's oxygen tube possibly crushed by trolley wheel, inquest told

A pistillate whitethorn person died owed to her oxygen conduit perchance being squashed by a infirmary trolley, an inquest has heard.

Jasmine Hill, 19, went into cardiac apprehension aft a cervix process astatine Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

Miss Hill, from Cirencester, was re-admitted to infirmary erstwhile her cervix became swollen 5 days aft a cervix cognition successful September 2020.

Doctors feared the surgical coiled had go infected and a pathologist was incapable to ascertain the origin of death.

An ear, chemoreceptor and pharynx specializer attempted to usage a needle to relieve the swelling pursuing the thyroidectomy, an inquest astatine Gloucestershire Coroner's Court heard earlier.

When that failed the aesculapian squad decided Miss Hill needed to beryllium taken to theatre to person the coiled cleaned nether wide anaesthetic.

The process took little than an hr but Miss Hill went into cardiac apprehension soon aft she was moved by unit from the operating array to a bed.

A study commissioned by lawyers acting for her household referred to the conduit being "squashed by the instrumentality of a trolley".

The tribunal heard the endotracheal tube, which supports breathing, was positioned down Miss Hill's head, distant from her cervix and was fixed to a holder and connected to the ventilator.

Dr Mahesh Shetty, the on-call anaesthetist, said the ventilator had been fitted with an alarm.

"If determination is simply a blockage and the pressures spell beneath a definite level, it alarms," helium said.

Dr Shetty said it was "probably little than 30 seconds" betwixt Miss Hill going into cardiac apprehension and resuscitation beginning.

Anaesthetic caregiver Gerry Paclejan said the endotracheal conduit was secured loosely to the broadside of the trolley with a tourniquet.

"There is nary mode the conduit volition beryllium laying connected the level - it is ever connected the broadside of the table," helium said.

Assistant Gloucestershire coroner Roland Wooderson asked Mr Paclejan: "In Jasmine's case, tin you retrieve wherever the tubes were connected that day?"

He replied: "I can't retrieve the existent time. During intubation I ever marque definite the conduit is tied up and harmless earlier we moved the patient."

The inquest is owed to reason connected Wednesday.