5 results for “blood product administration”
77y · Female·Haemoperitoneum following cholecystectomy
… from 9:30 am. Key failures included: delayed CT imaging (90 minutes after MET call), inadequate fluid and blood resuscitation (only 1 unit PRBC over 2 hours despite confirmed haemorrhage), failure to check coagulation …
0y · Male·Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and massive subgaleal haemorrhage, both associat…
… despite visible scalp bruising from 27 minutes after birth. Delayed recognition deprived Baby X of timely blood product transfusions and contraindicated cooling therapy was inappropriately continued. CHS has since impl…
28y · Male·asphyxiation following severe swelling to the larynx due to anaphylactoid reacti…
…anaphylaxis even when alternative diagnoses seem plausible; early recognition allows prompt adrenaline administration which may alter outcomes. The surgical airway was difficult given massive swelling but appropriately p…
17y · Male·head injury in a fall from a height
Bailey Blackwell, a 17-year-old Aboriginal man, died from a head injury sustained in a fall from approximately 20 metres at Big Hill near Stawell. While attempting to jump between ledges on an open cliff face, the ground…
70y · Female·Tiger snake envenomation
…e bite at Royal Melbourne Hospital, consistent with national guidelines. Despite appropriate antivenom administration, she developed severe consumptive coagulopathy and life-threatening intra-abdominal haemorrhage, dying…
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