Coronial
QLDhospital2016-02-17

Dickinson, Rick Dudley

55y · Male·Cardiac tamponade due to ruptured aortic dissection (Type A) against a backgroun…

…o St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital after experiencing severe central chest pain and lower back pain with numbness at the gym. The treating senior doctor failed to adequately assess the chest pain history, conduct approp…

emergency medicinepathologydiagnosticcommunicationmorphine
TAShospital2021-11-29

Coroner's Finding: Helen Mary Badcock

77y · Female·haemoperitoneum and retroperitoneal haematoma secondary to Type I aortic dissect…

…ock, 77, presented to Launceston General Hospital on Christmas Day 2020 with abdominal pain and right leg numbness. Ambulance paramedics documented inability to obtain blood pressure on her right arm—a critical clinical …

emergency medicinecardiothoracic surgerydiagnosticcommunication
SAhospital2026-03-30

Coroner's Finding: Chadha, Hemant and Battagodage, Sachintha Nandula

Male·Hemant Chadha: acute on chronic pneumonia (mycoplasma pneumoniae). Sachintha Bat…

…rged from Lyell McEwin Hospital despite three ED presentations within 4 days and concerning new symptoms (numbness, tingling). Ambulance officers treated him dismissively, undermining his confidence in the health system …

emergency medicinegeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationdiazepam
VIChospital2016-10-25

Finding into death of Andrew Michael ODonnell

46y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating left calf deep venous thrombosis

A 46-year-old man presented to ED with a two-day history of left calf pain, swelling and numbness. He was triaged to Fast Track and evaluated by an emergency physician who suspected DVT but had no ultras…

emergency medicinehaematologydiagnosticenoxaparin
SAhospital2008-08-15

Coroner's Finding: EDWARDS Natasha Anne

31y · Female·right cerebellar cerebrovascular accident (cerebellar infarction with obstructiv…

31-year-old woman presented with acute onset headache, dizziness, vomiting, facial numbness and speech difficulties. Initial CT brain showed equivocal left temporal hypodensity. Dr B. diagnosed acu…

neurologygeneral medicinediagnosticdelaymetoclopramide
VIChome2025-06-02

Finding into death of Christina Lackmann

32y · Female·Caffeine toxicity

…rom caffeine toxicity after ingesting caffeine tablets. She called 000 at 7:49 pm reporting dizziness and numbness but was triaged as non-urgent Code 3. Unable to connect with a secondary triage practitioner and with no …

emergency medicinetoxicologytriagesystemcaffeine
NTcommunity2001-10-19

Inquest into the death of Clive Henry Impu

25y · Male·coronary thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis

…nation by Dr M. was inadequate and cursory. The deceased presented with chest pain, tingling in arms, and numbness—classic signs of ischaemic heart disease—but received only anti-inflammatory medication for presumed musc…

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationanti-inflammatory medications
WAhospital2018-03-15

Inquest into the Death of Roderick Leslie CARTER

63y · Male·Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

…d to a small rural hospital with atypical chest pain symptoms (also reporting indigestion, shivering, and numbness). Although a registered nurse appropriately triaged him as ATS 2 (high priority) and obtained ECGs showin…

cardiologyemergency medicinecommunicationsystemaspirin

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