David Dungay inquest: doctor says he had never done CPR on a person before

Dr Trevor Ma tells death in custody inquiry it was a frantic situation where everyone wanted to do what they could

A doctor whose attempts at resuscitating David Dungay Jr in a cell in 2015 were described as lacking “fundamental basic life support” has told a coronial inquiry he had never previously performed CPR on a person.

Dr Trevor Ma, who was the psychiatric registrar on duty at the time Dungay died in custody, after being restrained when he refused to stop eating a packet of biscuits, told the inquest on Monday he could have done things better.

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