Manchester bombing: Youngest victim 'could have survived with better first aid'

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A report commissioned by the family of Saffie-Rose Roussos says she received inadequate first aid.

The family has also discovered that Saffie asked a paramedic, "am I going to die?" as she was being taken to hospital by ambulance.He added: "How do we carry on living with this information? How can we carry on breathing with this information?Lisa and Andrew Roussos have launched a charity to help families affected by terror attacks

Several people tried to help Saffie but though she was bleeding heavily from serious leg injuries, nobody used a tourniquet, or splint to apply pressure and reduce the bleeding. The report commends the actions of the people who tried to get her to hospital as quickly as possible.'She knew what was happening'She is said to have been agitated, and pulling at her oxygen mask. She was able to speak and asked whether she was going to die.

The report has found that the ambulance crew did not use tourniquets or splints on Saffie's injuries, and neither did the medical team at hospital, when Saffie arrived at A&E. The Roussos family say that they cannot understand why two sets of experts have reached different opinions about Saffie's survivability.

 

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There was a bomber about killing people and causing carnage. Nerve of the overpaid leftie politically correct BBC journalists trying to blame low paid workers

This is absolutely disgusting for the BBC to write this article!! How do you think that individual feels everyday knowing that he could of saved this child and your writing this I'm sure making him / her feel worse then he already dose , people make mistakes!!

SHUT UP!!!!!! DAMN YOU BBC THIS GIRL WOULD BE ALIVE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A TERRORIST WANTING TO KILL HER... trying to shift her death on the fact that people do not all have a great knowledge of first aid is scandalous

Awful. RIP little girl. Heartbreaking.💔

I have every sympathy for the family, but this is reported on the back of an expert opinion, commissioned by lawyers. It might be true, it might not. The fact remains this was an horrendous attack resulting in utter chaos - so unsurprising mistakes might have been made.

They asked for a second opinion so this sadly comes with the territory

She would have survived with less invaders in her country.

Obviously not the bomb that was set off by a Lybian refugee, but the first aid...naturally you shower of [REDACTED] untermensch

While we're on the subject of failings, how does a 20 year old convicted terrorist that's due to be released back onto our streets still have the luxury of anonymity? What chance have people got?

Tragic story and my heart goes out to the family. I believe this really encompasses a wider issue about the general public knowing basic first aid. It should be made compulsory in schools and be a requirement when learning to drive. This would help in a a variety of... 1/2

Apportionment of blame should stop where it belongs - the Islamist nutters that committed the atrocity.

Disgraceful reporting. If the services had the bomber under safalance in the first place it wouldn't have happened. Don't blame the emergency service on the ground.

She would of been totally unharmed if the security services had actually watched those on the watch list.

2020 was last year...

Horrific article. You try doing your job in those circumstances. Training or not, nothing can prepare you for the ‘real thing’. Huge lack of empathy on your part, you should be ashamed.

Pretty sure she would definately have survived if the islamist scumbag hadn't of blew her up.

If the bombings had not taken place in the first instance? Why do you not focus on the attackers?

You disgust me me bbc what an insensitive vile article. The Islamic terrorist was solely responsible for that innocent young girls death. Stop trying to blame are brave emergency services. I wonder who wrote this report?! 😡 DefundTheBBC

As if this wasn't so sadthe media scumhave toprint this no doubt some greasy solicitor will be on the case.Sad for family

The police and MI5 could have prevented the whole thing if they were better.

tinkernurse She WOULD have, not could have, survived, had the evil swines not bombed the arena. By all means learn from this tragedy but be careful of language when reporting the investigations as this heading implies the emergency services were responsible for deaths

You really are the current leaders in gutter press! Looking to blame someone.... They'd all have survived if someone hadn't detonated a bomb.... That's where the blame lies!

pity she had to have been placed in that position in the first place-the wickedness of the satanic verses

This really does show what the C stands for in the bbc C**TS

I think blaming the emergency services for this child’s death is harsh, when they turned up to what was a site of carnage putting themselves at unknown risks, the priority was to get the injured out of immediate danger.

Hopefully the Scummy BBC won’t survive.🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Or survived with a better immigration and deportation policy

The blame is on Islam & nothing else.

The ifs, could'ves, should'ves, maybes are of no use to anyone. Stop the blame.

That’s a good idea blame the emergency services And not a terrorist🤦🏻

She would have definitely survived if the bombers didn’t do it. Let’s place the blame where it belongs, with them and no one else.

Or she would have survived if we actually had control of our borders 🤷🏼‍♂️

I've always said first aid training should be implemented in to the education system. That simple knowledge can save lives. Although its a human connection and that's being severed.

Yes lets blame the first responders instead of the terrorists. Shameful.

X even if early search pinpointing alert x intervention doesn’t come to anything it’s a better outcome than the other x it shld be the Security norm to be operating in this way ALL the time.

Leave it alone...you’re like scratching a sore, appalling.

Heartbreaking 💔 GodBless beautiful Saffie-Rose Angel💞x from seeing the CCTV footage I can’t understand how Security missed Abedi even with a untrained eye he was defo one to search. EarlyAlert EarlyIntervention so important.

Heartbreaking 💔

Imagine how many would survive if we sent all the so-called refugees back?

Youngest victim could have survived if it had better security. This is the future

What are you trying to do to her family with this ? Youre sick.

Leave it alone...you’re like scratching a saw, appalling.

Typical left wing apologist thinking.

This poor family has suffered enough and I bet the Emergancy staff did everything they could to save this darling little girls life. Ffs can’t people just let her rest in peace.What do you want us to believe, the initial story or this one. It’s sad and you are destroying a family

This is dreadful.

jazzxagain The blame lies solely with elected government officials who allow jihadis terrorists into the country and live in the general population....

Just to compound the pain felt by the parents.

And without a murdering bastard intent on spoiling people’s liberty and enjoyment.

To be honest I blame the terrorist.

All of the victims could have been saved if wasn't for the evil Islamic terrorist. Put the blame where it lies.

/ May She R.I.P !!!

Manchester bombing Youngest victim could have survived if the bomber never went there ,could have would have should have

More gutter reporting. What is the point of printing things like this and trying to blame people. Don't you think that the family have suffered enough by losing their child. The person who is to blame is the scum who blew the place up.

...well shit... that is freakin really sad!

The dirty people who bombed the place are to blame no one else there was loads of people injured can’t imagine what was happening in the building 😭 RIP to all that lost there life’s

Could of survived if the police that knew about the bomber got hold of him 1st instead of just having him on the watch list

How insensitive, did you inform her parents beforehand of this storyline?

I’m sure this is just what the parents do not need being reminded of... DefundTheBBC

Very painful to read

What was the point of this headline then ? Heartless pricks

Why this communication is not going viral ?

SweetLemonPot tell the security officers who turned a blind eye, just because the bomber was a muslim and they didn’t do anything to avoid “profiling” the terrorist. Clearly he wasn’t fitting in that environment. UK needs to stop this stupid fair play. It’s not 1950 anymore, the threat is high

How awful for the ones who tried their best on scene of that horrific night to read that....BBC I can’t take much more of your utter disgusting and utter bullshit reporting.

Also could have survived if idiots didn’t let bombs off

mediadoing what they do best, 💩 rip

It’s the family choosing to make public a private report commissioned on their behalf by their lawyers.

This article is a disgrace and offers no comfort to the family whatsoever. Hang your head in shame BBC. Appalling!

Good save every one

Apparently people were left there for quite a long time without professional help 😔

Heartbreaking

Why in all the grief and shit that's happening now why is this important Did you even speak to the parents about posting this?.

Oxford100 Imagine being the person who administered first aid to this poor young girl, no doubt traumatised for life, then reading this headline. Shameful BBC. Lay the blame for her death where it squarely belongs, on the bloody person who set off that bomb 😡

So sad ...

Horrible revelation, just imagine what the parents must feel like... 😎

💔beautiful child truly heartbreaking

What absolute torture that must be for them. It's almost like a second bereavement.

Manchester bombing: Youngest victim could have survived if: + Security guards never feared being labelled racist by radical ideologues. + Terrorist had not been allowed into the UK from Libya. + UK never destabilised Libya Why does the BBC only focus on low hanging fruit?

What this highlights is the need for more awareness for everybody around the fundamental basics of initial lifesaving triage. Too much emphasis is given to ABC (airway,breathing,circulation). It is actually C-ABC the C= catastrophic bleeding. Find and stop heavy bleeds first.

Deliberately covering up for inadequate emergency medical treatments s security officials

First aid should be a subject taught at secondary schools

People saying 'they did the best they could' did not read the article

we would have all felt safer if the illegals were chucked out in the first place .

Why does someone have to be to blame and be looked for ? Does that story even need to have been written and investigated

Many are not bothering to read the article. It's summed up in one paragraph: The report has found that the ambulance crew did not use tourniquets or splints on Saffie's injuries, and neither did the medical team at hospital, when Saffie arrived at A&E.

What a terrible headline

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Stop apportioning blame - they did the best they could in horrific circumstances

She could have survived if a fking deranged terrorist hadn't decided to blow up innocent citizens attending a concert, always sheilding the perpetrators and lay the blame on anyone but them!!!

I’m sure everything was done to help , this is not what the families need to hear at all ... let all the victims rest and there families be at peace

The only blame lies with the cowardly bombers. There’s always “what ifs” after the event but it must’ve been absolute chaos akin to a warzone for all the first responders and some no doubt have PTSD and affected as much as the families of the innocent young souls cruelly taken.

Whoever wrote this story should be so so ashamed of themselves 😤 these Parents have lost their Angel and this story has not just only added to their pain it’s increased it. I can’t express how angry I feel, but more importantly my heart goes out to her parents.

Your blaming First aid people ? My dad would have lived but the hospital people messed up ? can’t people accept things anymore . Why does someone always have to be blamed ?

She would have survived a lot longer had it not been for this pos and his brother. 🙄

More propaganda from the bbc “PfeffelStaffel”! BorisJohnson your cabinets failure to “reign in” your Libyan allies resulted in this attack on innocent people! Then you have the bbc and a sham inquiry (that’s no way public) blame everyone but you! AndyBurnhamGM where are you?

MargotLJParker BBC yet again proving why they need to go

I hope the other families can afford good legal representation and investigation like this one could.

they all would if May stopped known terrorist enter uk under her watch

Maybe she would have survived if she didn’t get bombed

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Who does your Headline appeal to? I find it distasteful.

If management & training of security had been up to the task, then maybe we could have avoided/mitigated the slaughter. The public need to understand that employing security at or around the minimum wage will not provide you with quality and is therefore only window dressing.

Insufficient first aid is being blamed for the failing of the security services that knew of him and his brother but did cock all to stop them coz the meeting regarding the little prick was scheduled for a few days later..Hmmm yeah ok

Or effective border patrol

Heartbreaking information!

He might have survived had not been blown up !!!

Maybe the arena shouldn't have got rid of stjohnambulance who provided cover from day 1 of the arena opening.

I think I’m more inclined to blame the people with the bombs, than the people who tried their best to save as many lives as they could.

Wow, that's some depth of depravity that! Absolutely disgusting BBC reporting that had the youngest victim of the Manchester arena bombing had better first aid she'd survived, what's the options, first aid for everyone as well as armed guards at every door?

Why does this need to be reported. Her poor parents.

Seems like the emergency services can never do any wrong whether it be Grenfell or this bombing everyone is always first to congratulate them even though in these cases they were at fault but shhhh your not allowed to say that

Read it people. The lawyers are in.

How is that in any way helpful (or compassionate) to anyone involved shamelessemotionalclickbaiting

Heartbreaking but I’m sure the emergency services were overwhelmed that night.

Let's start blaming the attackers, or is that too edgy?

If this type of vermin wasn’t aloud into the country from the beginning sht like this wouldn’t have happened

No

Would have had a great future when islam hadn't called for violence. 😔😥

💔poor baby. X

I'm sure people did everything they could at the time. Headlines like this just causing more unnecessary suffering

Do I smell a claim? Or am I becoming more cynical?

God that was a tough read. My heart goes out to her family, I can't even begin to imagine their grief.

Could have is not would have

😥

Hundreds of people were injured or physically effected from this blast, so many people had to be seen to. Let’s not try and blame the emergency services because none of them would have had to have helped if it wasn’t for that c*** ! Let’s just learn from the mistakes.

Please RT.

I’m sure they did the best they could..easy to be wise after the event, they weren’t there...

This is really upsetting.

Heartbreaking. 💜💜💜

Bbc shifting the blame. As usual for a certain demographic.

But, but the NHS

good

Shocking!

Could have all survived if the lame intel services and the ukhomeoffice had not let the vermin in

Would have also survived if a Muslim didn’t plant the bomb !!!

what is coming will be more painful than anything you could ever imagine insha Allah

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