Ashley Notson

At the conclusion of the inquest into the very sad death of ASHLEY ERNEST NOTSON recorded a conclusion of 'Accidental death'. The cause of death was found t0 be: 1a Hypoxic brain injury to 1b Hypoxic cardiac arrest due to 1c Upper airway obstruction from inhalation of a foreign body, with Autistic spectrum disorder in Part II.

Ashley Notson died in very tragic circumstances at the age of 55 after a period of time in hospital where he was taken after choking on a piece of meat at the care home in which he lived. Attempts to resuscitate him, including Heimlich manoeuvres, were conducted by a staff member on at the care home who had previously had training in first aid but; Mr Notson passed away from hypoxic brain injury resulting from the choking episode.

Although appropriate assistance was given promptly here, despite the tragic outcome, it is clearly foreseeable that additional problems could occur in another care home if carers did not have first aid training or carry a mobile or portable telephone: To try to reduce the risk of future tragedies and fatalities occurring, would ask CQC and the Department of Health to give consideration to amending the current legal framework to ensure that care staff are all suitably trained in first aid and carry mobile telephones with which they can summon immediate assistance_if an incident occurs_wthout_having_to leave_the_side_of_the_person_ and due duty sadly, they are trying to assist