1,288 results for “emergency treatment”
37y · Male·stab wound to the chest penetrating the heart
…chest. Released from psychiatric hospital on 11 April 2011 on voluntary arrangements without a community treatment order despite previous compliance only under legal compulsion. Over the following 10 days, he exhibited …
50y · Male·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine); cardiac hype…
A 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder died from mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, ca…
72y · Male·Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
…y 2021. He had been receiving telehealth oncology consultations while incarcerated but refused in-person treatment in March and November 2020 due to unwillingness to transfer through Port Phillip Prison (PPP) to access …
59y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of metastatic cervical cancer
…ced malignancy with lung metastases. Due to psychiatric illness causing impaired judgment and refusal of treatment, guardianship and involuntary treatment orders were obtained. She underwent interventional radiology for…
Toxicity from intravenous caesium, DMSO, and other substances administered as pa…
… unproven cancer therapy clinic from Dr B.'s home in Perth, Western Australia, administering intravenous treatment containing caesium, DMSO, and Laetrile under remote supervision of Dr S. from Thailand. Seven cancer pat…
45y · Female·Complications of acute alcohol intoxication
Ruth Janet Younger, a 45-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia subject to a Community Treatment Order, was discharged from Casey Hospital psych…
44y · Female·multi-organ failure and polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe ch…
… overdose on a background of severe COPD. She had a long history of substance abuse, non-compliance with treatment, and hospital presentations with refusal of care. In the months before death, her COPD was worsening des…
76y · Female·infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory …
…licated by advanced dementia, schizophrenia, and behavioural disturbance. She was placed on an Inpatient Treatment Order due to risk to self and others when refusing treatment and removing oxygen mask. Despite appropria…
85y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…pain and difficulty breathing, he became distressed and was refusing oxygen therapy. A Level 1 Inpatient Treatment Order was authorised to facilitate treatment. Communication was severely hampered by his deafness and th…
90y · Male·pneumonia leading to atrial fibrillation leading to myocardial infarction
…m pneumonia leading to atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction while on an inpatient mental health treatment order. He was admitted with hospital-acquired pneumonia and acute kidney injury following a fall. His co…
19y · Female·2,4-dinitrophenol toxicity
…imately 50 x 250mg capsules purchased online. She presented to Flinders Medical Centre with an Inpatient Treatment Order in place. Despite expert multidisciplinary management including sedation, intubation, ECMO, attemp…
15y · Female·Paracetamol toxicity in the setting of Anorexia Nervosa
…assessment if escalating; comorbid autism and depression demand earlier formal diagnosis and coordinated treatment; and families need intensive in-home meal support and coaching. The separate medical and psychiatric tea…
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
…is, and previously undiagnosed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to treatment due to a psychotic illness and was appropriately placed on an involuntary treatment order. Despite aggre…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity
Boris Drleski, a 45-year-old with treatment-resistant chronic paranoid schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorde…
63y · Female·sepsis and pneumonia due to immobility with sacral ulcer resulting from schizoph…
…ra Shields, aged 63, died of sepsis and pneumonia secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer in the context of treatment-resistant catatonic schizophrenia. She was admitted to Launceston General Hospital in February 2019 with…
31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
…hich she required mechanical restraints and life-saving N-acetylcysteine infusion. The coroner found her treatment at RHH was appropriate and likely life-saving, with excellent nursing care and proper documentation of r…
62y · Female·multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the neck, thorax and abdomen
…amily (husband Samuel and son Robert) had cared for her in Tasmania since 2005, balancing her refusal of treatment with her expressed wishes to remain unmedicated. While a psychiatrist suggested involuntary treatment sh…
Female·Allergic type reaction (anaphylaxis), possibly secondary to scombroid syndrome (…
…hotel restaurant on 3 January 2014. Both had underlying asthma, which increased anaphylaxis severity and treatment resistance. Autopsy findings showed anaphylactic changes, elevated histamine and tryptase levels, consis…
41y · Male·undetermined
Vaughan Weston Williamson, 41, died at Glenside Hospital while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Despite post-mortem examination including specialist neurop…
25y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic-ischaemic encep…
…atory arrest, aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. He was subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Order at death. The coroner found no issues with the quality of care, treatment or supervision provided …
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