Manchester Arena inquiry: Lone paramedic ‘overwhelmed’ after bombing

(BBC) A lone paramedic looked “completely overwhelmed” as he helped people who had been injured in the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry has heard.

Just one paramedic was in the foyer where the bomb went off for the first 40 minutes after the explosion, which killed 22 people on 22 May 2017.

Sgt Andrew Beasley told the inquiry a lack of suitable medical equipment delayed the evacuation of casualties.

He said it appeared to him there was “too much [to do] for one paramedic.”

“The paramedic looked completely overwhelmed, just because of the number of casualties and the way he was having to move between casualties,” he said.

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