Fern Foster

“The process for triaging and prioritising ambulance attendance to an incident involving the suspected ingestion of [REDACTED] (intentionally or otherwise) does not provide sufficient opportunity for travel, attendance, conveyance to hospital for emergency treatment and/or provision of antidote treatment at scene, which may provide the only likely means of prevention of death where sufficient quantity has been ingested.”

“The carrying by ambulance services of appropriate antidote medication for on-scene administration (such as Methylene Blue), whilst trialled elsewhere, is not part of regional or national protocol. Swift access to this in circumstances where [REDACTED] is suspected, and timings mitigate against survival by the time of arrival at the nearest Emergency Department, could prevent future deaths in some cases.”