Prison staff first aid, CPR
53 items
1 source
Insufficient official training for Operational Support Grades (OSGs), poor monitoring of first aid training logs, and lack of prison-specific unconsciousness recognition training.
Cross-Source Insight
Prison staff first aid, CPR has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
53 PFD reports
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PFD Reports (53)
Rajwinder Singh
Concerns: HMP Wandsworth lacks mandatory ACCT refresher training for prison officers and equivalent training for agency healthcare staff, and offers no training in risk formulation.
Pending
Azroy Dawes-Clarke
Concerns: The anti-ligature bedding failed, allowing ligature creation. Prison officers had inconsistent training on ACCT processes, first aid, and the Mental Capacity Act, leading to unclear responses during medical emergencies and conveyance.
Responded
George Emmett
Concerns: An HMPPS staff member lacked familiarity with emergency medical response policies, potentially compromising timely, life-saving actions for prisoners in critical health situations.
Overdue
Colin Lovett
Concerns: Prison staff lack essential diabetes training and understanding of critical attacks. Non-24/7 healthcare and poor awareness among staff risk delayed care and future deaths for insulin-dependent prisoners.
Responded
Nicholas Gedge
Concerns: A significant delay in commencing CPR occurred due to a lack of shared understanding of its urgency and an uncoordinated response among detention officers and a nurse. No clear protocols define emergency roles.
Responded
Nathan Shepherd
Concerns: The Probation Service lacked policy and training for barricading incidents, approved premises had easily movable furniture and ligature points, agency staff CPR training was unchecked, and critical information sharing between prison and probation was ineffective.
Responded
Stephen Sleaford
Concerns: There's a severe lack of first aid and CPR training for prison officers, including new recruits, creating critical response gaps. Routinely obscured cell observation panels and unclear guidance on emergency cell entry further compromise prisoner safety.
Overdue
Kevin McDonnell
Concerns: Prison staff failed to conduct meaningful ACCT observations and share critical risk information for at-risk prisoners. Furthermore, there was a failure to secure and retain accurate documentary evidence following a death in custody.
Responded
Yuri Hatton
Concerns: Many prison OSGs lacked official training, first aid training records were insufficient, and crucial prison-specific training for recognising unconsciousness had not been implemented.
Overdue
Daniel Beckford
Concerns: Prison officer first aid training lacked clarity on using rescue breaths during resuscitation, conflicting with current Resuscitation Council UK guidance.
Overdue
Paul Day
Concerns: Prison CPR guidance, particularly the inclusion of rigor mortis as an exclusion, is inappropriate for untrained staff in non-24-hour healthcare facilities, risking missed opportunities for life-saving resuscitation.
Responded
Samuel Curless
Concerns: Police training for responding to hanging casualties was inadequate and delivered mostly online, with many officers lacking necessary first aid refresher training for life-preservation.
Responded
Liam Turner
Concerns: It is not mandatory for prison officers to maintain up-to-date basic first aid and CPR training, leaving a significant proportion of staff without current life-saving skills.
Responded
Kane Boyce
Concerns: Prison staff deliberately ignored cell bells, lacked policy for isolating cell power, failed to follow "under the influence" protocols, and misunderstood key date suicide risk, highlighting systemic safety failures.
Responded
Amarjit Singh
Concerns: There was a careless cell sharing risk assessment, inadequate first aid training for prison officers, and no guidance for prisoners on how to respond to a cellmate having a fit.
Responded
Anthony Smith
Concerns: The absence of protective mouth masks for resuscitation in prison exposes resuscitators to the risk of blood-borne viruses and could deter life-saving rescue breaths.
Responded
Jason Williams
Concerns: Lack of national guidance for vulnerable prisoners and widespread failure to deliver the keyworker program, coupled with poor prison staff record-keeping due to insufficient refresher training, compromised care.
Responded
Nathan Forrester
Concerns: Prison officers lack training to safely remove and provide CPR to prisoners on top bunks. Nationally, nurses in detention settings may also have inadequate CPR training and insufficient emergency airway equipment.
Responded
Lewis Johnson
Concerns: HMP Wealstun lacks night-time healthcare staff, and prison officers are inadequately trained in CPR and defibrillator use for self-harm incidents, compounded by a missing policy directive for immediate resuscitation.
Overdue
Martin Brown
Concerns: Prison staff lacked training for medical emergencies and the ERIC system. There was poor liaison between healthcare and ambulance services, and communication between emergency responders and the control room was inadequate.
Responded
Khadija Ahmed
Concerns: School staff, including the teaching assistant, lacked cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, resulting in no CPR being attempted during a child's cardiac arrest.
Responded
Robert Ellery
Concerns: The prison control room delayed relaying critical information to the ambulance service, and a lack of direct communication between emergency operators and prison first responders hindered resuscitation efforts.
Responded
Trevor Smith
Concerns: Critical mental health information from MARAC was not accurately recorded or cascaded to police, leading to officers being unaware of the deceased's EMD status. There was also confusion and a lack of coordination during CPR efforts.
Responded
Kesia Waller
Concerns: Residential housing staff for vulnerable young people lacked adequate training and tools to respond to self-harm emergencies. Key policies were ineffectively communicated, failing to ensure staff understanding and practical application.
Responded
Peggy Copeman
Concerns: Patient transport staff failed to recognise a patient's respiratory distress, delayed calling emergency services, and performed ineffective CPR due to patient positioning. Only one staff member was CPR trained, violating policy.
Responded
Kevin Lovatt
Concerns: National training for prison staff lacks clear guidance on the safe use of force when prisoners have items in their mouths, posing a risk to breathing.
Overdue
John Tucker
Concerns: There are concerns about the inadequate nature and extent of basic life support and first aid training provided to Gwent police staff, despite their regular contact with unwell or injured individuals.
Overdue
Brett Marrs
Concerns: Prison officers lacked essential first-aid and resuscitation training, and welfare checks during cell unlocks were routinely neglected despite clear instructions, indicating systemic safety failures.
Overdue
Mark Mallinson
Concerns: Life-saving suicide intervention training, developed for new police recruits, is not being provided to all front-line staff, leaving many officers untrained in critical situations.
Overdue
Daniel Akam
Concerns: Systemic failures involved prison officers failing to conduct and falsely recording ACCT observations for vulnerable prisoners. Inadequate ACCT training meant officers lacked understanding of their crucial responsibilities.
Overdue
Robert Ginn
Concerns: Inadequate resuscitation efforts by prison nurses included failure to continuously check breathing for 11 minutes and insufficient oxygenation, alongside conflicting assessments of the patient's body temperature.
Overdue
Darren McGuin
Concerns: A significant gap in mandatory basic life support training for prison officers employed during a specific period leads to delayed CPR, with no retrospective training efforts to rectify this.
Overdue
Ryan Trimmer
Concerns: The ACCT process at HMP Lewes was ineffective due to inadequate reviews, and many prison staff, who act as first responders, lack up-to-date first aid training.
Responded
Ricardo Holgate
Concerns: Inadequate management of illicit substance misuse in prison requires further steps, including implementing CCTV on all wings and airport-style scanners at entry points.
Overdue
Daniel Stokes
Concerns: Prison healthcare staff lacked training and authorization to administer diazepam, despite having it available, indicating a systemic failure in emergency drug administration protocols for prisoners.
Overdue
Nicola Lawrence
Concerns: A critical concern was that some prison staff lacked essential cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, both initial and refresher, jeopardizing emergency response.
Responded
Donald Martin
Concerns: A nurse lacked essential knowledge regarding appropriate CPR on flat surfaces and how to deflate patient mattresses during emergencies, posing a risk to patient safety.
Responded
Mark Doyle
Concerns: Significant failings in ACCT case reviews, inadequate healthcare information sharing, and a lack of clear criteria for prisoner transfer decisions were identified. There is also no mandatory first aid training for existing prison officers.
Overdue
Christopher Talbot
Concerns: An untrained supervising officer relied solely on shadowing, a senior officer lacked a breathing guard for resuscitation, and staff were not informed of previous unnatural death causes, reducing vigilance.
Overdue
Ondrej Suha
Concerns: Prison officers lacked specific training for night shifts and basic resuscitation, hindering their ability to respond effectively to emergencies.
Overdue
Antony Abbott
Concerns: Spanish Custody Officers, despite receiving first aid training for detainees, are not trained in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), posing a risk in emergency situations.
Overdue
Tedros Kahssay
Concerns: Inadequate information transfer to prison healthcare, flawed nurse reception screening lacking objective analysis, and emergency response staff having insufficient understanding of medical emergency protocols.
Overdue
Benjamin Brown
Concerns: Concerns identified inadequate auditing of 15-minute observations and clozapine management, alongside insufficient staff training for patient resuscitation.
Overdue
Derrick Rose-Fowler
Concerns: A prison officer lacked first aid training, potentially delaying CPR, and the bullying policy was ineffective for prisoners unwilling to name names. Critical concerns about the deceased's mental health and self-harm history were not escalated to a MASH meeting.
Overdue
Eitvydas Zdanys
Concerns: Police officers responding to a road traffic incident lacked basic life support training, rendering them unable to assess or resuscitate a seriously injured motorcyclist.
Responded
Luke Myers
Concerns: HMP Liverpool miscalculated the deceased's sentence, which was a likely factor in his death. Additionally, prison discipline staff lacked current first aid training, raising concerns for lone working officers.
Responded
Keith Murphy
Concerns: Prison staff lack basic first aid, CPR, and defibrillator training, and healthcare provision is unavailable outside limited hours, leaving prisoners vulnerable to medical emergencies.
Overdue
Darren Wright
Concerns: Emergency response was hindered by a staff nurse's inability to locate the incident and a lack of recent CPR training among prison officers due to resource limitations.
Responded
William Anderson
Concerns: Prison staff lacked effective vigilance over inmate gatherings involving drugs/alcohol, were insufficiently trained in breathalyser use, and failed to adequately record inmate behaviour or promptly call emergency services.
Overdue
Ryan Clark
Concerns: Prison procedures like the Personal Officer Scheme, ACCT checks, and roll call were not properly implemented. Additionally, prison officers lacked sufficient first aid and CPR training.
Responded
Abdullahi Sharif Abokar
Concerns: Mental health staff failed to assess suicide risk due to misconceptions, and resuscitation efforts were critically compromised by inadequate airway management, unactivated oxygen, and staff abandoning the patient.
Pending
Reggie John
Concerns: Poor communication and lack of written records between prisons compromised a high-risk prisoner's care. Failures included inadequate review processes and a nurse not accessing or updating crucial risk documents.
Response: Following the inquest, the Lead for Offender Health set out clear expectations to all healthcare staff at HMP Hewell regarding ACCT documents for arriving prisoners, ensuring they are available to …
Response: NOMS reports that HMP Bristol has introduced a system to contact receiving establishments via email and phone for prisoners on open ACCTs, and escort contractors are also informed. HMP Hewell …
Overdue
Jordan Buckton
Concerns: Prison staff lacked awareness of a prisoner's self-harm history due to information sharing failures. Additionally, there was inadequate follow-up after prescribing anti-depressants and a mental health course was discontinued due to staff shortages.
Overdue