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First report 27 Jan 2022•Latest report 10 Mar 2022

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

Reports
2

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Priority Dispatch Corporation linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Suffolk

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    Colin Michael SWAIN · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Colin Michael Swain was found collapsed in his front garden after drinking alcohol and was later taken to hospital following cardiac arrest and resuscitation. The inquest concluded that he died from hypoxic brain injury due to aspiration of gastric contents following alcoholic intoxication. Concerns included whether ambulance call-handling guidance adequately addressed alcohol intoxication, clearing the mouth and nose after vomiting, and turning an unconscious patient onto their back for CPR.

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    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Priority Dispatch Corporation; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of MPDS support for clearing the mouth and nose during alcohol intoxication

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) If the MPDS does provide support for alcohol intoxication, whether this includes support in how to clear the mouth and nose to good effect. If it does not, whether this something which could be included in the Tool. ”
    Open source report

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Priority Dispatch Corporation; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Potentially unsafe supine positioning of unconscious patients after vomiting

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) Whether turning an unconscious patient onto their back after vomiting is good practice, in the absence of clinician support ”
    Open source report

  2. Birmingham and Solihull

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    Adam Marshall Elliot STONE · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Adam Marshall Elliot Stone became distressed, agitated and paranoid after using cocaine, displayed signs of acute behavioural disturbance, and died after his condition deteriorated during restraint, ambulance transfer and hospital treatment. The report raised concern that the ambulance-service system did not allow a category 1 response for severe acute behavioural disturbance where restraint was taking place, which it stated was putting lives at risk.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Priority Dispatch Corporation; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to allow a category 1 ambulance response for severe ABD involving restraint

    Wider context from the report

    “5. The continuance of a system which does not allow a category 1 response in severe case of ABD where restraint is taking place is putting lives at risk. ”
    Open source report
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026