Deceased
Gregory Bert Smallwood
Demographics
53y, male
Date of death
2014-11-28
Finding date
2016-07-28
Cause of death
Coronary atherosclerosis; chronic obstructive airways disease; chronic cholecystitis
AI-generated summary
Gregory Bert Smallwood, a 53-year-old prisoner with morbid obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and COPD, died from acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He called for help at 3:06am reporting inability to breathe. Nurses commenced CPR within minutes, finding him unresponsive. A 13-minute delay occurred in obtaining the crash cart from 400m away, but expert review concluded this was unlikely to have altered outcome given his severe underlying disease and already unresponsive state upon nurse arrival. Medical care provided was appropriate and met community standards. The death was not preventable; it resulted from longstanding severe natural disease in a morbidly obese man who could have died at any time.
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