Nothing could be done to save Nona McEwansa国际传媒檚 life, an ER physician at Royal Columbian Hospital testified Monday.

sa国际传媒淣o, unfortunately,sa国际传媒� Dr. Pearlly Ng replied, asked if her condition was survivable.

Ng was called as a witness at a coronersa国际传媒檚 inquest into the deaths of Randy Crosson, 48, and Nona McEwan, 45, both killed by police bullets during a March 29, 2019 hostage-taking in the Whalley house McEwan rented. Crosson used McEwan as a human shield, the inquest heard.

sa国际传媒淒uring the transportation she unfortunately lost her vital signs,sa国际传媒� Ng said. The paramedics had started CPR and notified the hospital they were 10 minutes away. Ng activated the trauma team and contacted the blood bank to initiate the sa国际传媒渕assive transfusion protocol, anticipating that I would receive a patient who had sustained a large amount of blood loss.sa国际传媒�

When McEwan arrived, they were unable to regain a pulse, and her time of death was declared at 8:18 a.m. Shesa国际传媒檇 lost consciousness at 7:33 a.m. She was shot at 7:25 a.m., the inquest heard.

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Royal Columbian, at 330 East Columbia St. in New Westminster, is a Level 1 trauma centre, Ng noted. sa国际传媒淪o we regularly see people that have sustained gunshot wounds.sa国际传媒�

McEwan was shot twice, in her right arm and right abdomen.

Coroner Margaret Janzen is presiding over the inquest in Burnaby, at Coronerssa国际传媒� Court. Itsa国际传媒檚 expected to run for two weeks, with a jury of four women and a man hearing testimony.

A Surrey-based police watchdog sa国际传媒� the Independent Investigations Office sa国际传媒� in 2020 found the ERT blameless in the shooting deaths of McEwan and Crosson, whom authorities say was holding McEwan against her will in her rented home. The standoff saw roughly two dozen police vehicles, as well as an armoured vehicle, surround a home in a cul-de-sac near 132A Street and 100A Avenue.

McEwan was killed when she was struck by two police bullets as ERT officers fired on Crosson, who held a large knife to her throat and had sa国际传媒渨hat appeared to besa国际传媒� a gun in his hand. Forensic police later found a sa国际传媒渞ealistic-lookingsa国际传媒� replica pistol between the bed and the wall. Crosson was pronounced dead at the scene and McEwan died on the way to hospital.

Cpl. Luke Johnston, a sa国际传媒渂reachersa国际传媒� with the Emergency Response Team since 2011, also testified on Monday. He said hesa国际传媒檇 been deployed 500 sa国际传媒渙r sosa国际传媒� times sa国际传媒� about 50 per year sa国际传媒� on ERT calls before March 29, 2019. He set the charge to blow open the bedroom door to get to the couple. The risk assessment, he said, sa国际传媒渨as extreme.sa国际传媒�

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Johnston said he fired four rounds at the centre of Crossonsa国际传媒檚 abdomen.

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Crosson was on the bed, and in his left hand was a pistol with a closed grip on it.

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She had sa国际传媒渒ind of a startled look on her face,sa国际传媒� Johnston said. sa国际传媒淟ike a look of shock. We moved her from there, I think I grabbed one of her legs, but we moved her to the kitchen area,sa国际传媒� where the medical assessment began.sa国际传媒�

Johnston was questioned about sympathetic fire, also known as sa国际传媒渃ontagionsa国际传媒� fire, where under high stress police start shooting because other police are.

Asked if thatsa国际传媒檚 what happened here, Johnston replied no. sa国际传媒淚 perceived Mr. Crosson to, or the suspect in this case, to essentially have a firearm in their hand, and based on the movement of the hand and the gun, my interpretation was, or could be, essentially cause us harm at any point in time, and thatsa国际传媒檚 how I essentially formed my opinion and made the decision to engage with him at that point in time.sa国际传媒�

The inquest continues.