A team of emergency medics launched a 57-minute battle to save Poppi Worthington after her sudden collapse, exhausting every medical intervention available, an inquest heard.

Poppi died on December 12, 2012 aged 13 months.

A three week inquest into her death entered its second day today as senior coroner for Cumbria, David Roberts, attempts to find out once and for all how the tot from Barrow died.

Today, the court heard how a team of 10 medics at Furness General Hospital carried out CPR on the little girl for almost an hour in an attempt to revive her.

But nothing worked, the inquest was told.

Consultant paediatrician Dr Osama Braima, who had worked at the Dalton Lane hospital for 10 months, was on duty that morning when he was alerted to a child travelling by ambulance towards accident and emergency in cardiac arrest, shortly after 6am.

"Basically she was dead before she arrived at FGH," Dr Braima said.

Through written evidence, he explained the actions of the team of medics as they fought to save Poppi - but also noted concerns after fresh blood was seen 'pouring' or 'dribbling' from her bottom.

Dr Braima added: "I thought there was something wrong and I wasn't comfortable with it.

"I was suspicious."

Accident and emergency staff nurse Sarah McQuistan helped try to resuscitate Poppi as she arrived at the hospital that morning.

She described to the court how she also noticed fresh blood on Poppi - something she noted immediately and during a physical examination with Dr Braima later on.

Clinical support worker Kelly Viceroy-Grieve was on hand to provide support to Poppi's parents in a nearby relatives room.

She said the little girl's mother and her father, Paul Worthington, were asked if they wanted to go into the resuscitation room to see their daughter after they had been informed she was critically ill.

Her mother did want to see Poppi while Mr Worthington had been reluctant.

Coroner Mr Roberts will call 37 witnesses in a bid to establish how the little girl died five years ago.

Yesterday the inquest heard from Poppi's mother, who described her daughter as a baby who was 'alive and bubbly' and had taken her first steps the day before her death.

Paramedic Nicola Lynn also gave evidence - stating she had noticed fresh blood on the ambulance sheets after Poppi was lifted from the bed and rushed into accident and emergency.

A police investigation into Poppi's death was found to have been botched by officers.

Crown prosecutors have since ruled out the possibility of bringing criminal charges in her case.

A first inquest, held at Barrow Town Hall in 2014, heard no evidence over its seven minute course and was later overturned by the High Court.

Last year, High Court judge Mr Justice Jackson ruled on balance of probability that Poppi's father Paul Worthington had sexually assaulted her shortly before she died, something he has always denied.

The inquest continues.

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Who was Poppi Worthington?

Poppi was a 13-month-old baby who lived at home with her parents and siblings in Barrow.

She died suddenly after collapsing overnight on December 12, 2012.

She was found to have sustained injuries before her death - though no medical cause has ever been ascertained.

She was also found to have suffered a broken leg some months before she died for which she received no medical treatment.

Her case came to light when it emerged a police investigation into her death had been botched and council bosses had spent £12,000 attempting to gain a media gagging order through the High Court to prevent details of her death from becoming public.