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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
100%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
2

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
1

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. Inner North London

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    Alaynah Khadija AHMED · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Khadija suffered a cardiac arrest at school on 1 July 2021 and died a week later from a hypoxic brain injury. The principal concern was that the teaching assistant had not been trained in CPR and no staff member attempted CPR when Khadija became unresponsive; frequent CPR training was identified as needing consideration.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

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    Failure of school staff to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation when a child becomes unresponsive

    Wider context from the report

    “I heard that the teaching assistant looking after Khadija was not trained by the school in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and that, when Khadija became unresponsive, CPR was not attempted by any staff member. It is highly unlikely that CPR would have changed the outcome for Khadija. The cause of her cardiac arrest was an airway compromised by mucous plugging, that even a highly trained paramedic crew was unable to clear. However, CPR might make a difference for another child, or even for a staff member. To put the lack of CPR in context, the care that Khadija received from the school before the arrest seemed to be of a very high standard, even drawing comment from a paediatric intensive care consultant giving evidence at inquest. He told me that many nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital would not have been able to administer the treatment that Khadija’s teaching assistant did on 1 July 2021. She was quick to recognise that something was wrong and quick to act appropriately. However, it seems to me that the school would benefit from consideration being given to frequent CPR training. ”
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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 Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for school teaching assistants

    Wider context from the report

    “I heard that the teaching assistant looking after Khadija was not trained by the school in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and that, when Khadija became unresponsive, CPR was not attempted by any staff member. It is highly unlikely that CPR would have changed the outcome for Khadija. The cause of her cardiac arrest was an airway compromised by mucous plugging, that even a highly trained paramedic crew was unable to clear. However, CPR might make a difference for another child, or even for a staff member. To put the lack of CPR in context, the care that Khadija received from the school before the arrest seemed to be of a very high standard, even drawing comment from a paediatric intensive care consultant giving evidence at inquest. He told me that many nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital would not have been able to administer the treatment that Khadija’s teaching assistant did on 1 July 2021. She was quick to recognise that something was wrong and quick to act appropriately. However, it seems to me that the school would benefit from consideration being given to frequent CPR training. ”
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    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    Deliver Basic Life Support and CPR training to 70 staff on 12 and 14 January 2022 as part of regular training.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “I am writing to confirm that the school is completing this recommendation on 12th January, 14th January, and within our annual training cycle.”

    Source location

    2021-0410-Response-from-Swiss-Cottage-School_Published
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    Published 8 December 2021

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