A firefighter swore at paramedics who failed to bring life-saving equipment to the seaside spot where a woman had just been pulled from underwater after becoming wedged between rocks, an inquest heard today.
Paramedic Colleen Gibson, who was the first emergency responder to arrive on the scene, is also said to have failed to tell police and fire crews who arrived shortly after her that Saffron Cole-Nottage was within a crucial 30-minute time period when her life might still be saved.
The two-week inquest into the death of Ms Cole-Nottage has already heard how a 999 operator didn’t establish the mother-of-six was
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