Recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, November 2018
Recommendation date: 2 November 2018
Response due: 28 December 2018
Published: 1 October 2020
Welfare and vulnerable people
On 28 April 2018, a 28 year old woman was discovered in the bath in her hotel room, underneath the water, by a member of hotel staff. Police were called and units were dispatched on an immediate response. The call handler told the hotel to secure the hotel room and await police arrival, but did not request an ambulance or instruct staff to remove the woman from the water. A second call to police was made from the hotel to report the woman. This call handler posed a different set of questions and requested an ambulance attended along with police. Police officers attended and the woman was removed from the bath and CPR commenced. Ambulance staff arrived shortly after. The woman was reported to have a faint pulse, and CPR was commenced, but she was pronounced deceased about an hour later.
Recommendations (2)
Recommendation 1
Awaiting Response
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that the MPS may want to consider reviewing and updating the sudden death Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to include under the 'first contact' heading 'request if anyone present is medically trained to initiate first aid / CPR.’ … Read more
Recommendation 2
Awaiting Response
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that the MPS may want to consider reviewing and updating the concern for safety Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to include under the 'first contact' heading 'request London Ambulance Service’ and also 'request if anyone present is medically … Read more