A police officer says nurses at a Saskatoon emergency room did not examine an injured man who later died in police cells or explain to him the risks of refusing medical care.

Const. Kimberley Robson testified Wednesday at an inquest that she was with Stanley Robillard at the hospital in July 2010.

Robillard, a 46-year-old heavy equipment operator from Prince Albert, died from a severe head injury after falling in the parking lot of a bar.

He was found unresponsive in a Saskatoon Police Service detention cell the next morning.

Robson arrested Robillard for public intoxication and went with him to hospital.

The inquest heard from three triage nurses who said Robillard appeared to be fine, but Robson testified no nurses assessed him while they waited in the hallway.

Robson said the longest interaction was when Heath Schwab, the nurse in charge of the triage area that night, brought Robillard the release form.

Schwab told the inquest he did not see any "red flags" when Robillard took the pen and signed his name, describing his behaviour as calm and appropriate.

Even though he was aware that Robillard had been drinking, Schwab said he did not notice any obvious signs of intoxication when he signed the form.

While Schwab was certain he told Robillard that he could come back for stitches within the next 24 hours if he changed his mind, he did not remember if he advised him of the risks of leaving the hospital without receiving treatment for his head injury.

The inquest heard Schwab was never given any specific details about that injury, nor did he ask. What he knew was what he had been told by another triage nurse, Donna Geiger -- that Robillard had been drinking, was refusing medical care and could come back for stitches.

He wasn't told that Robillard had a large bump on the back of his head and had possibly been knocked unconscious after his fall.

Schwab said he did not reassess Robillard or look at his medical forms because he trusted Geiger's information.

Robillard, who was still under arrest for public intoxication, was then taken to a police detention cell. No medical forms were given to the detention unit; the only information staff received was that Robillard had been cleared by the hospital to be brought to the cells, said Robson.

Robson said she told detention staff that Robillard had fallen and hit his head.

When questioned about her time as a police officer in Fredericton, N.B., Robson told the inquest that anyone