Pregnant NHS worker, 25, died from severe asthma attack after doctor failed to give her crucial test, inquest hears

A PREGNANT NHS idiosyncratic who tragically died from a terrible asthma onslaught was not fixed an exhale trial earlier her death, an inquest heard.

Chloe Arnold, 25, collapsed astatine her Darlaston home connected March 3, 2023 aft coming backmost from being treated astatine an urgent attraction centre for breathlessness and wheezing.

An inquest into the infirmary worker's death, held at Oldbury on Tuesday, heard Chloe had a past of asthma.

The mum-to-be, who was 10 weeks pregnant, besides had a dental abscess.

She was was correctly prescribed a nebuliser and antibiotics earlier being sent location from the GP-led urgent attraction centre.

But, the inquest heard however a probe launched by the infirmary discovered Chloe was not fixed a highest expiratory travel test.

This is modular procedure, and measures however rapidly patients tin stroke aerial from their lungs.

After suffering a terrible asthma onslaught connected March 3, Chloe's measurement dada Mark Bradley performed CPR successful their location arsenic she went into respiratory arrest.

The mum-to-be was rushed to Walsall Manor Hospital wherever she was treated successful the Intensive Care Unit aft having contracted fluid connected the brain.

Chloe sadly passed distant connected March 9.

Her heartbroken mum, Sarah Porter, said: “She was conscionable perfect, fantastic and loved by truthful galore people. If emotion could person kept Chloe alive, she would person lived for eternity.

"She was my champion friend. I’d springiness thing to person her back.

“She was ever the beingness and psyche of the enactment and the centre of attention. She loved a bully enactment and was ever connected the dancefloor.”

Kate Follows, a erstwhile enactment colleague, said: “I knew Chloe highly well.

"She was specified a hard idiosyncratic – if Chloe was moving successful a bay, you knew the patients would beryllium harmless and good looked after.

"She was 1 of the youngest members of unit but ever large and bubbly.

“On her archetypal time she arrived looking immaculate, with cleanable hairsbreadth and make-up.

"If we went connected a nighttime retired she was ever glamorous, with her eyebrows and eyelashes looking amazing.”

Family person Paige Greaves paid tribute to the infirmary idiosyncratic connected a GoFundMe.

She wrote: "Chloe Arnold was a fantastic miss with an astonishing property that lit up the country erstwhile she entered.

"Chloe sadly suffered a cardiac apprehension and sadly didn't get better.

"She is present flying precocious with angels.

"We are looking to rise wealth for Chloe's household to springiness her the astir beauteous send-off!"

Chloe leaves down her sisters Mercedes, 22, and Ellie Mae, 10, member Henley, 11, dada Wayne Arnold, and fellow of 9 months Jay Beech, 26.