218 results for “asphyxia risk”
23y · Male·Mechanical asphyxia
A 23-year-old man with intellectual disability died from mechanical asphyxia after being restrained prone on the ground for 10-15 minutes by a hotel guest who believed he was committ…
31y · Male·global hypoxic brain injury secondary to positional asphyxia following an epilep…
…a 31-year-old male with longstanding epilepsy, died from global hypoxic brain injury caused by positional asphyxia following an epileptic seizure at home on 26 April 2019. He fell in the toilet during a seizure, became t…
26y · Male·Restraint asphyxia compounded by the effects of amphetamine abuse and extreme ex…
Michael Eddy, a 26-year-old amphetamine user with a criminal history, died from restraint asphyxia compounded by amphetamine effects and extreme exertion during police arrest. Police pursued him for dange…
72y · Male·asphyxia due to upper airway obstruction due to choking on food
A 72-year-old man with acquired brain injury, seizure disorder, and dysphasia died from asphyxia due to choking on food while eating eggs and ham on toast at a disability care facility. He had no docume…
21y · Male·crush asphyxia
Reef Kite, a healthy 21-month-old boy, died from crush asphyxia after a chest of drawers toppled onto him in his bedroom while he napped. He was unresponsive when found …
45y · Male·coronary artery disease and mechanical asphyxia in a man using cocaine
… be resuscitated despite extensive CPR. Medical cause of death was coronary artery disease and mechanical asphyxia in a cocaine user. The coroner found that bar staff, police, and paramedics acted appropriately and in go…
20y · Male·compressive asphyxia from injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash
Benjamin Luke Paton, aged 20, died from compressive asphyxia after his unroadworthy Toyota Landcruiser rolled on 29 September 2018. Multiple risk factors converged: h…
37y · Male·Cardiac dysrhythmia during restraint against a background of significant alcohol…
…replaced with recovery positioning. Two restrainers had first aid training but were unaware of positional asphyxia risks. The death resulted from a cluster of factors: severe alcohol intoxication, valvular heart disease,…
32y · Male·Cardiac arrest as a result of the combined effects of severe coronary atheroscle…
…combined effects of cardiac disease, obesity, psychosis, violent struggle, and prone restraint (restraint asphyxia). Critical failures included: failure to identify his active involuntary treatment order when remanded, i…
30y · Male·traumatic asphyxiation
Styles Isaac King, an Aboriginal man aged 30, died from traumatic asphyxiation following restraint by crowd controllers at a bar in Katherine, Northern Territory. During an alterca…
53y · Male·Mechanical asphyxia in the setting of a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 53-year-old truck driver died from mechanical asphyxia when his vehicle left a rural highway near a right-hand bend with poor road design. Toxicological testing…
Male·acute ethanol intoxication or positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxicat…
Four males aged 50-53 died from acute alcohol intoxication or positional asphyxia secondary to alcohol toxicity after single heavy drinking episodes. All had very high blood alcohol conce…
28y · Female·asphyxia due to neck compression or strangulation
Jodi Michelle Eaton, aged 28, died from asphyxia due to neck compression/strangulation on 1 February 2014. She was killed by Darren Dobson at a social gat…
41y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia due to compression by slasher
Peter Gabiola, a 41-year-old plant operator, died from traumatic asphyxia when a tractor-mounted slasher collapsed on him while he was attempting to remove barbed wire that had be…
58y · Male·asphyxia
…iaged with sufficient safety concerns to warrant admission. A psychiatrist assessed him as moderate suicide risk but could not admit him due to insufficient mental health ward beds. Instead, he was allowed to return home…
52y · Male·consistent with plastic bag asphyxia
…f his room at Austin Health's Secure Extended Care Unit with a plastic bag over his head, consistent with asphyxia. The medical cause of death was plastic bag asphyxia. However, the coroner found on the balance of probab…
11y · Male·Asphyxia due to crush injuries from quad bike rollover
An 11-year-old boy with moderate intellectual disability died from asphyxia due to crush injuries when an adult-sized quad bike (460cc TGB) rolled onto him on a rural property drive…
44y · Male·Positional asphyxia
…old with chronic schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse history, died from positional asphyxia on 17-19 March 2016. He consumed significant alcohol (BAC 0.220), cannabis, and clozapine (an antipsychot…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
…ll. Robert Plasto-Lehner, a 57-year-old with chronic airways disease and heart disease, died of restraint asphyxia following police restraint in hospital while awaiting psychiatric assessment. Both men became acutely agi…
35y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest in the setting of acute agitation and physical and chem…
…quate communication between security and medical staff; lack of specific training for nurses on restraint asphyxia and cell extraction incidents.
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