Deceased
Trevor Lindsay Jones
Demographics
75y, male
Coroner
Coroner Ingrid Giles
Date of death
2023-04-13
Finding date
2024-05-28
Cause of death
ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
AI-generated summary
A 75-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, and smoking history presented to a regional emergency department with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, back pain, groin pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was diagnosed with musculoskeletal pain and discharged. He collapsed shortly after leaving and died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. While the death was not preventable due to the time constraints of diagnosis and transfer to vascular surgery, there was a missed diagnostic opportunity. The clinical red flags—sudden onset pain not related to movement, repeated vomiting, and high-risk patient demographics—were not recognised. The coroner found this represented a missed opportunity to consider aortic pathology, though even with diagnosis, transfer to a vascular centre would likely have taken too long.
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