Student died after using two to three bottles of laughing gas a day

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Ellen Mercer, 24, was taken to hospital by the emergency services in the early hours

A student who may have been killed by long-term use of laughing gas was inhaling two to three “big bottles” of the substance each day, an inquest into her death has heard. of February 9 last year after she reported that she was unable to walk and would fall over when she tried, Berkshire coroner’s court heard.

The inquest heard that a post-mortem report found Ms Mercer’s death to have been 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 that worked for South Central Ambulance Service, attended Ms Mercer’s home on February 8.

“There were no sheets on the bed at all. There was just the duvet, severely stained. The room was bare.” She said the scene made it clear to her that she was dealing with a “vulnerable person”. She said the 24-year-old looked six months pregnant. She checked the wounds on Ms Mercer’s legs, which she described as “pussy”.

 

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