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UK paramedic defends attempt to save girl

Responder tells officials he wouldn’t have done anything differently

BBC News

BLACKLOCH, U.K. — Everything possible was done to save a teenager who plunged 31ft onto rocks during a gorge jumping expedition, an inquiry has heard.

Paramedic James McGinn, 41, told a fatal accident inquiry he found 15-year-old Laura McDairmant with a gaping wound to her neck.

She was bleeding profusely and in an agitated state but was unresponsive.

Full story: McDairmant died 24 hours later despite efforts of doctors, surgeons