A report examining the emergency response to the Manchester Arena bombing and whether any inadequacies contributed to individual deaths will be published today
Armed police at the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by US star Ariana Grande Image: Peter Byrne via PA Images A REPORT EXAMINING the emergency response to the Manchester Arena bombing and whether any inadequacies contributed to individual deaths will be published today.
Evidence into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the atrocity was heard in the city between 7 September 2020 and 15 February this year. Bombing survivor Ron Blake, who used his wife’s belt as a tourniquet on Atkinson’s leg, told the BBC “big mistakes were made that night” and those in charge had “got it all wrong”.
He said: “Reduced to its simplest, in John’s case there were two issues that took away his chance of recovery: the lack of medical expertise and equipment within the City Room, and the delay in his evacuation to the casualty clearing station and onwards to hospital.”Pete Weatherby KC, for the family of Saffie-Rose, told the inquiry: “We do not doubt that Saffie suffered a high burden of injury and no one suggests she would necessarily have survived whatever interventions were applied.
North West Ambulance Service submitted there were no inadequacies in its response that contributed to Mr Atkinson’s death and that all personnel who attended him “did their best to assess, treat and convey him to hospital as soon as possible in extremely challenging circumstances”. The inquiry heard that only three paramedics entered the City Room foyer – the scene of the explosion – and that crews from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service took more than two hours to even attend the Arena.
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