Heartbreaking story. Peter Blythe had to describe the last moments of his five -year -old son to the investigators. They called his father to school after Benedict vomited twice during the break. When he came, he found the boy on the floor unconscious with the employees who hopelessly tried to revive him, he writes.
The boy had an allergy to milk, eggs, some nuts, sesame and chickpeas. On the last day of November, his parents left him at home for vomiting and nausea. “The day before, he wasn’t at school, so I assumed it was a viral infection,” said Sophie Brown, an assistant assistant to the teacher, who assumed that vomiting was related to the disease, as it did not show any other symptoms of an allergic reaction.
“When I asked him if he felt good, he said yes. He said he had no tingling in his mouth and had no rashes on his body,” she stated. Class teacher Jenny Brass took the boy out to the fresh air and He collapsed at that moment.
“I heard Jenny screaming my name and carried Benedict in. He was limp and seemed unconscious. His skin was gray -blue, which I considered a sign of shock, so I immediately took his bag and handed him Epipen (adrenaline drug), ” described Sophie. She added that she felt she was breathing, and put it in a stabilized position. When he stopped breathing, she began to provide him with first aid.
The school called rescuers and in the meantime the boy’s father arrived. “Benedict was dying in front of our eyes and I couldn’t believe what was happening,” said Peter, who immediately started resuscitation, but had problems with the removal of mucus that blocked Benedict’s airways.
Music teacher Dave Read heard Peter’s call and, given the first aid training, took the effort to save. “It seemed to me to take the resuscitation correctly as Mr. Blythe cried. He did nothing wrong, everyone cooperated to do the right thing and in that moment it seemed that resuscitation was working,” He remembers Dave.
Peter and school staff continued to resuscitate until the rescuers arrived. The boy’s mother Helen arrived at the same time as the air outpatient clinic that Benedicta took to the hospital. Unfortunately, doctors declared him dead. They cited the anaphylaxis induced by food as the cause of death.
“On the day Benedict died, our world fell apart. Benedict was not just a child with allergies, he was all our universe – curious, funny, nice and kind. The world was supposed to be safer for him,” She said the crushed Helen.
