Sweeper2000
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The way I was reading it was that the respiratory problems necessitated immediate treatment ie intubation if that wasn’t possible a tracheotomy was planned. That to me sounds like the docs would continue with baby n up until successful intubation or if necessary tracheotomy. Not wait four hours for the ah team to arrive. If the swelling or whatever the problem was seen right up until that cardiac issue and then literally disappeared when the ah team arrived what was the actual problem? As I say swelling doesn’t just disappear without a trace, as far as I know the strongest anti inflammatory drugs aren’t capable of that so for the ah specialist to not see a single trace of injury or swelling so soon after it was reported by the coch team might mean whatever was causing the problem had rectified itself or wasn’t present in the first place. I can assure you dr potter will have full knowledge of what a throat looks like and is as good as any to see swelling, injury or blood. That’s quite literally his job.Why do you say it magically disappeared? There's been no medical evidence or witness evidence to this effect. All we've heard is: (Lucy Letby: ‘Unusual’ presence of blood in throat of baby).
"Alder Hey anaesthetist Dr Francis Potter told jurors that he did not see blood or swelling in Child N’s throat when he successfully inserted the breathing tube." BBM
As for Dr Gibbs - "He told the court he “couldn’t understand” why two consultants, two registrars and two anaesthetists had failed previously to intubate Child N throughout the day, but said the adrenaline may have helped reduce the swelling."
The swelling subsided because of the adrenaline that was provided, and the blood too. Dr Potter wasn't asked and didn't respond about seeing traumatic injury or bruising, he's only commented on not seeing swelling or blood. Which makes sense as that is what he would be focused on when trying to intubate. An injury to the upper airway as Dr Evans has said wouldn't necessarily be picked up by anyone not looking for it - bruising takes time to develop even in adults, and even if spotted later on, the assumption at Alder Hey would have been it's due to failed intubation at CoCH. They wouldn't have realised the blood appeared before intubation.
Also Dr Potter was an anaesthesist - so doubt he would have been looking for trauma or injury to the upper airway, just called to help intubate.
four hours after this problem ie swelling was last seen and then the adrenaline might explain why it wasn’t noticed but the injury should still be there. I’m not really questioning the blord as it would only be present with an open injury, the swelling or injury itself would still be there especially with a baby whose wounds do not close easily as is haemophiliac.