135 results for “absconding”
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
…s and substance abuse history, was found hanging from a tree in a park on 19 April 2006, nine days after absconding from Fremantle Hospital's Alma Street Clinic where she was an involuntary psychiatric patient. She had b…
28y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Robert Kenneth Scott, a 28-year-old man with schizophrenia, died by hanging on 22 May 2008 after absconding from Graylands Hospital where he was an involuntary patient. He was last seen at 4:30pm on an open ward …
35y · Male·Hanging
…assin, a 35-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and PTSD, died by hanging after absconding from an involuntary psychiatric admission. On 10 January 2011, following a clinical review at Broadmeado…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained following collision with a train
…Paramedic records documenting his railway track planning were not reviewed by nursing staff prior to his absconding. Security staff were temporarily absent from the reception area when he left. Police were notified 30 mi…
21y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
…oaffective disorder, substance dependence and anti-social personality disorder died by hanging following absconding from hospital. He was admitted to Casey Hospital ED on 12 July 2015 on an involuntary treatment order, h…
28y · Male·Drowning
…an with schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, died by drowning in the Maribyrnong River after absconding from the Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit in Sunshine on 17 April 2010. He had been admitted for manage…
35y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, morphine, clozapine and aripiprazole)
…amine use disorder died from mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, morphine, clozapine, and aripiprazole) after absconding from an inpatient mental health facility. She had a 36-year history of absconding and substance use. On …
52y · Female·Hanging due to depression
…f mental health unit exits. Her selective disclosure of symptoms to clinicians, her history of impulsive absconding when hospitalised, and recent acute suicidal ideation documented by nursing staff suggested higher risk …
53y · Male·Burns to 75% of body surface area and severe lower airway inhalation injury
…e Mental Health Act for bipolar disorder with manic features, assessed as at moderate to extreme risk of absconding given his repeated history of leaving without leave. He absconded on 11 April, yet was arrested twice th…
77y · Male·Hypothermia
…othermia in bushland. Critical systemic failures at the facility included: failure to identify him as an absconding risk despite clear warning signs and hospital transfer documentation; inadequate handover procedures pre…
38y · Male·carbon monoxide toxicity
…nced a psychotic relapse shortly after, though no clinical deterioration was evident to staff before his absconding on 5 October 2014. Clinical lessons include: (1) clozapine level fluctuations require careful dosing adj…
25y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in aircraft crash
…y it without pilot training. Despite a well-documented delusional obsession with flying to God, multiple abscondings from psychiatric care, previous attempts to access aircraft in Darwin, and explicit warnings provided b…
24y · Female·multiple injuries from jumping off Bulla Road overpass onto Tullamarine Freeway
…e risk (prior freeway-adjacent behaviour not weighted), delayed notification to police (1.35 hours after absconding), insufficient observation frequency following second absconding episode, and lack of structured monitor…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries in a pedestrian struck by a bus
Jonathan Tozer, a 48-year-old man with intellectual disability and a documented history of absconding, was struck by a bus while at his day service facility. Despite close supervision by staff, he absconded…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to consequences of multiple injuries sustained following…
…ly detained in an acute psychiatric ward after a failed community trial. Despite being a documented high absconding risk, he was transferred from the secure closed ward to an open ward to accommodate more acute patients.…
26y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, codeine combined with lorazepam, olanzapi…
…, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin combined with benzodiazepines and antipsychotics) two days after absconding from escorted leave at St Vincent's Mental Health inpatient ward. He was a vulnerable patient with multi…
14y · Female·blunt force head injury
…y 2006. Hospital staff failed to comply with existing policy requiring immediate police notification for absconding minors. Police were not contacted until 24 hours later. The deceased was assaulted while absent and suff…
33y · Female·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train
…th bipolar affective disorder and substance use issues, died after being struck by a train shortly after absconding from Monash Medical Centre emergency department. She had been brought to the ED by police under Mental H…
27y · Male·multiple injuries after a fall from a height
…rd had an open-door design with multiple exit points, resulting in approximately one involuntary patient absconding per week. While psychiatric care was appropriate and thorough physical examinations ruled out organic pa…
70y · Male·Cyanide Toxicity
… 70-year-old man with a history of substance use and criminal offences, died from cyanide toxicity after absconding from St Vincent's Hospital's Emergency Department. He had been placed on an involuntary psychiatric Asse…
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