The standards of a paramedic accused of failing to provide a teenager with life support fell "significantly below" those expected, a tribunal heard.
Quinn Evie Milburn-Beadle was found hanged in Shildon, County Durham, on December 9, 2018.
Operational paramedic Gavin Wood, from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), travelled to the scene in a rapid response vehicle.
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When he arrived, two police officers were already providing the 17-year-old with CPR.
By the time a community paramedic and a respondent crew arrived, Mr Wood had made the decision to stop CPR and declared her deceased.
Following the incident, a clinician raised concerns that Mr Wood had not completed everything that he should have done with regards to treatment.
This included not assessing the airway, not undertaking a 30 second electrocardiogram examination prior to declaring recognition of life extinct, not assessing her airways and not continuing CPR for a minimum of 20 minutes.
A tribunal, which began on Monday, aims to identify whether his fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and/or a health condition.
During closing submissions, Selena Jones, representing the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), said: "I submit his actions fell significantly below the standards expected of the reasonable paramedic.
"I submit when one looks at the evidence that the registrant's actions are inconsistent of the standard of expect of a reasonable paramedic.
"One example of this is the ROLE (Recognition of Life Extinct) form, we heard evidence and seen evidence that boxes A and B were ticked. We know from the evidence of Doctor Clarke that is simply illogical for both boxes to be ticked."
Ms Jones said: "The registrant's actions fell significantly below the standard expected of the reasonable paramedic.
"And the registrant failed to follow basic life support, advance life support and ROLE guidelines. I would invited the panel for all of those reasons to find facts set out in the particulars of the allegations are proven."
Mr Wood is accused of being dishonest in relation to his conduct. He is also accused of misconduct.
The panel has now retired to discuss the evidence heard, with a decision expected to be made next week.
Following Quinn's death, and that of her 21-year-old brother Dyllon to suicide in 2019, her parents set up a charity called Quinn's Retreat. The charity offers a retreat for those bereaved by suicide.
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