Deceased
Anthony Neville Kerr
Demographics
81y, male
Date of death
2021-06-10
Finding date
2022-11-08
Cause of death
pneumonia due to traumatic internal bleeding of the chest wall sustained in fall on 6 June 2021
AI-generated summary
An 81-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, dementia, and multiple comorbidities residing in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 6 June 2021, sustaining a right-sided chest wall haematoma. Staff found him at 7:40am with low blood pressure and bruising; his doctor was contacted at 11:00am and an ambulance called at 3:00pm when chest swelling developed. He was treated with medication and blood transfusion but developed pneumonia and deteriorated rapidly, dying on 10 June. The coroner found no significant failures by the nursing home. A motion sensor alarm had been removed because the resident tampered with it; the coroner noted that alternative alarm types (such as bed alarms) might have been trialled. The delay in ambulance transfer was unlikely to have changed the outcome.
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