At Ellen Mercer's inquest, a coroner said 'part of her cause of death' was related to 'nitrous oxide gas' and she inhaled two to three 'big bottles' a day.
A 24-year-old student may have died as a result of long-term use of laughing gas after inhaling two to three "big bottles" of the substance every day, an inquest heard.
She was treated by medical staff at Wexham Park Hospital Emergency Department, but she died around 24 hours later at 12.52am on February 10. The inquest heard a post-mortem report found Ms Mercer’s death was caused by bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis, and “long-term complications of nitrous oxide use”.Michaela Kirtley, an emergency medical technician from Phoenix Response Services, a contractor who worked for South Central Ambulance Service, attended Ms Mercer’s home on February 8.“I took notice of the room,” she said.
She said Ms Mercer “was talking as normal”, and the only one of her vital signs that was outside the normal range was her heart rate, which could have been due to anxiety.
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