A toddler was found clinging to her mother’s body just hours after doctors missed signs she was having a heart attack.
Lauren Page Smith, 29, was discovered on the bathroom floor as her two-year-old daughter pleaded: “Mommy won’t wake up.”
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Just hours earlier, Lauren called 111 to complain of chest pains and vomiting.
Paramedics arrived at his home in Wolverhampton but said there was no cause for concern after incorrectly reading his electrocardiogram (ECG) results.
Lauren was found by mother Emma Carrington after the tragedy on January 6 last year.
An autopsy found that the administrator died of a sudden heart attack following a blood clot in her lung.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service has now admitted responsibility for a series of failures leading up to Lauren’s death.
They also apologized to Lauren’s family, who previously accused the two paramedics of “basically letting her die.”
Mum Emma said: “Our lives have been absolutely devastated by what happened to Lauren, who had so much to live for and such a brilliant life. future in front of her.
“The ambulance service’s admissions of liability show just how badly things went wrong in the way Lauren was treated.
“We can only hope that lessons have been learned so that no other family has to endure the pain we went through, and that the Health and the Care Professional Council seriously consider the fitness to practice of the paramedics who treated Lauren.”
A coroner previously ruled there were “serious failings” in Lauren’s care.
An inquest was told two paramedics told the mother the ECG reading gave them no cause for concern.
The results actually showed a likely cardiac event in progress, but doctors misinterpreted the results.
They also failed to detect signs from a self-diagnosis monitor of “abnormal results in a woman aged 18 to 39.”
Due to their assessment, Lauren chose not to go to hospital and was tragically found dead hours later.
Black Country coroner Coroner Jo Lees has issued a letter preventing future deaths to the ambulance service due to concerns about a lack of training.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We would like to again apologize to Lauren Smith’s family and offer our condolences.
“The trust carried out an extensive investigation into the incident, which we have shared with Lauren’s family.
“As a result, we implemented a series of changes based on the findings.
“We will continue to do everything we can to try to prevent something like this from happening again.”
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