Coroner ‘concerned’ over lack of cold water immersion regulation after woman’s death

Kellie Poole died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia triggered by immersion in cold water, the senior coroner ruled. Photograph: Facebook

A senior coroner has expressed concern about the lack of regulation of cold water immersion therapy, after ruling that a woman’s death was as a result of an undiagnosed heart condition triggered by the water.

Kellie Poole, 39, died when her heart stopped shortly after entering the River Goyt in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, on 25 April 2022.