The dislodging of a tube he was breathing through may have been the "tipping point" in the death of the first child to die from Covid in Britain, an inquest heard today. Ismail Mohamed died aged just 13 after contracting the virus in March 2020, around a week after the first nationwide lockdown was announced.
The inquest heard a breathing tube being used by the child became positioned incorrectly in his throat - and may have hindered a ventilator which was helping him to breathe. The inquest heard from Professor Akash Deep, an intensive care consultant at King’s College Hospital, where Ismail was treated.
Prof. Deep explained that Ismail was overweight at the time of his admission, which could have contributed to his death. He also advised that the decision not to move an out-of-position ET (endotracheal) tube, which was put down Ismail’s trachea to help him breathe through a ventilator, could have proved important in the deterioration of his condition.
