A police officer who was allegedly stamped on by Sheku Bayoh when trying to restrain him had no apparent main accidents to her physique when medically examined, two docs have mentioned.
Dr Katherine Mitchell, 42, was the primary medical skilled to examine over Computer Nicole Quick minutes after she was concerned in a confrontation with Mr Bayoh, who died after being held by police in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Could 3 2015.
Officers had been referred to as to the city's Hayfield Highway after the 31-year-old had been seen carrying a knife.
Earlier proof on the public inquiry investigating Mr Bayoh's dying heard Computer Ashley Tomlinson, who was additionally on the scene, mentioned he noticed Mr Bayoh punch Computer Quick behind the pinnacle earlier than "stomping" on her again so arduous he thought she was useless.
However Dr Mitchell, a specialist in accident and emergency (A&E), referred to her notes from inspecting the officer on the time which mentioned Computer Quick had "no apparent harm on her chest and she or he had no chest ache", which included the again space, the inquiry heard.
Dr Mitchell had additionally famous Computer Quick's Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) rating - a technique used for assessing the extent of consciousness - as 15/15 on the time of being examined, which she clarified means a affected person is alert and oriented, their eyes are open, their speech is just not confused and they're able to observe directions.
Chatting with the inquiry, held at Capital Home in Edinburgh, Dr Mitchell, referring to her notes, mentioned the officer had no signal of a severe head harm, including: "She was capable of describe what had occurred previous to the occasion, the very fact she had been chased and that she remembered the autumn itself, and she or he remembered placing her arms out to save lots of herself after which that she curled up in a ball and was then lifted by one in every of her colleagues.
"If she had been hazy in her recollection, it is possible I might have written that down.
"If there was a bit that she could not bear in mind, that will have been clinically vital so it is possible I might have written it down."
Her notes displayed on the inquiry mentioned Computer Quick confirmed no signal of cranial nerve deficits, no double imaginative and prescient, no blood within the ears and no c-spine tenderness.
Dr Gillian Norrie, 50, a forensic medical expert, additionally examined Computer Quick at 3.45pm on the day of the incident - about eight hours after her confrontation with Mr Bayoh.
In her medical notes, Dr Norrie mentioned she had been instructed the officer had been "stamped on", info which she believes got here from Computer Quick herself.
Senior counsel to the inquiry Angela Grahame QC put it to the witness that "there was no word of harm to her again, so does that imply you did not see or discover an harm to her again?"
Dr Norrie replied: "Sure."
Ms Grahame then requested: "Had you discovered any harm, bruising, marks, discomfort, tenderness, is that one thing you'd have famous?"
Dr Norrie replied: "Sure."
She mentioned there have been no apparent accidents on the time she noticed Computer Quick, however instructed the inquiry: "That is to not say she could not go on to develop bruises.
"I did not have scientific concern on the time, however issues can evolve."
Ms Grahame requested Dr Norrie that if she had any considerations about Computer Quick's well being, would she have despatched her again to A&E. The witness replied: "Completely."
When requested about Computer Quick's neurological standing on the time of examination, Dr Norrie mentioned: "If she was presenting after being hit within the head in a means that gave concern behaviourally, if she was irritable or inappropriate, drowsy, issues like that will clearly immediate me extra to take a look at the GCS, however her GCS was 15/15, so there was no concern about her neurological standing."
The inquiry, earlier than Lord Bracadale, continues.
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