Inquest hears how 20-year-old jumped from ambulance

A prospective paramedic jumped from a moving ambulance as she was being transported between hospitals, an inquest into her death has heard.

Rosie Young, 20, from Bewdley died after suffering “serious” injuries after jumping from a moving ambulance travelling between Worcester and Redditch in November 2021.

The inquest into the death heard how Ms Young, who had been diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, also known as borderline personality disorder, had a “long-standing” history of self-harm and suicide attempts and had been sectioned several times under the Mental Health Act.

She had been sectioned by police after fleeing the hospital in Worcester and this came after several attempts to take her own life during the stay.

Ms Young had not long begun training to be a paramedic at the University of Worcester and was living between her family home in Bewdley and student accommodation in Worcester.

In the days before her death, Ms Young was admitted to hospital after taking an overdose of a prescription drug and attempted suicide several times while there.

A few days later, around the time she was due to be discharged from hospital, Ms Young dislocated her shoulder while moving a chair and was forced to remain in the hospital to prepare for surgery.

While the arrangements were being made, Ms Young had revealed to a fellow patient that she was planning to kill herself and fled the hospital but was later returned after being found by police and sectioned again.

Ms Young was then moved from Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch where she jumped out of the moving ambulance during the trip.

She was then taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham with “serious” injuries.

Ms Young was described as seeming to be “settled, engaging well … and not overly stressed” by mental health nurse Megan Farrant in the hours before the ambulance trip to Redditch. Another mental health nurse and ward manager Stephanie Pawley, who described Ms Young as “progressing well” as hospital staff prepared to discharge her.

The inquest, which is expected to last two weeks and is being held in front of a jury, continues.