Hospital staff 'wouldn't change' solider treatment
Hospital staff who tried to save the life of a soldier who took an overdose said they ‘wouldn’t change’ the treatment they gave him, an inquest heard.
Ashley Wainwright, aged 26, who had last been based at RAF Cosford, died at Walsall Manor Hospital on October 8 after taking dozens of pills, including Tramadol.
Traces of alcohol and cocaine were also found in his system after his death. His family had raised concerns about a substance injected into him by nurses to calm him down shortly before his death, which they were told would stop him breathing if he was given too much.
However, doctors from the hospital said at the inquest they believed they acted correctly and did their best to save his life.
The inquest heard Mr Wainwight was taken in to the accident and emergency department before being transferred to intensive care.
But he had been ‘agitated’ throughout the process and would repeatedly take off a face mask, which had been helping with his oxygen supply, the inquest heard.
Dr Siamak Pesian, consultant anaesthetist at Walsall Manor Hospital, said: “There are a lot of things we can learn from this but they are around recording of procedures, not the procedures themselves.
“I believe we followed the correct procedures and did everything we could to try and save his life, I don’t think we could look back and say there was anything we would change in how we treated him. We did everything we could.”
The inquest continues.
