Investigation and inquest
On 07/03/2013 I commenced an investigation into the death of Ella Rose Block then aged 4 years. The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 06 October 2014. The conclusion of the inquest was NATURAL CAUSES. The medical cause of death was found as 1(a) Reactive Hemophagocytic Syndrome 1 (b) Sepsis due to Undetified Pathogen
Circumstances of the death
The deceased had previously been seen by her GP. She was admitted to Derriford Hospital on 1 March 2013 unwell and feverish. She deteriorated over night and she sadly died on 2 March 2013.
Coroner’s concerns
[BRIEF SUMMARY OF MATTERS OF CONCERN]
An opportunity may have been missed to provide suitable treatment. Deaths of children as a result of Sepsis are fortunately rare but as a result new qualified clinicians are not readily identifying such deaths