215 results for “emergency triage”
3y · Female·complications of Influenza B viral infection
…l signs (undetectable pulse, low respiratory rate, cyanosis) was not reliably conveyed. In the ED, she was triaged as Category 4 rather than higher acuity, experienced another seizure-like episode, but an ECG was not per…
24y · Male·Complications of Brown Snake Bite
…while separating the snake from his dog and was transported to Tamworth Base Hospital. Despite appropriate triage and observation, he developed sudden collapse and cardiac arrest approximately 25 minutes after arrival, w…
Female·Multiple causes: Ruby Natasha Nicholls-Diver: ligature compression of neck (hang…
…tempts must trigger enhanced planning; (4) Suicide-related calls demand immediate psychiatric review and emergency triage/ED referral, not delayed appointments; (5) Longitudinal risk factors must be accessible to treati…
27y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
…r discharge, psychiatric care was fragmented with poor communication between services. Theo presented to emergency twice in January 2016 with worsening suicidal ideation and depression but was inadequately assessed and …
1y · Female·Multiple injuries (subdural clot, multiple rib fractures, injuries to liver, blo…
A 20-month-old girl died from fatal injuries inflicted by her mother's partner. She presented to hospital twice in two weeks with suspicious injuries: facial injuries on 7 June attributed to a puppy, and more extensive f…
71y · Female·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, with coronary artery atherosclerosis contrib…
… While transfer to a tertiary hospital may not have changed the outcome, early recognition and appropriate triage to a facility capable of emergency vascular surgery could have offered marginal survival benefit.
24y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple stab wounds to chest and multiple incised wounds of n…
A 24-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse killed his 2-year-old son and himself in March 2009. The deceased had been released on licence following a mental impairment finding and was subject to …
21y · Female·Multiple organ failure as a result of overwhelming Streptococcus pyogenes (Group…
…tant access via dedicated lines, document all clinical advice, use telehealth for visual assessment, lower triage heart rate criteria to 110 bpm, and escalate atypical presentations of sepsis immediately.
22y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
22-year-old Deborah McKenzie, an Aboriginal woman, died by hanging on 13 March 2013 after a complex sequence of failures in mental health care and police procedures. She had reported her partner Shane Woods to police for…
28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint in the foyer of the Acute Mental…
Lyji Vaggs, a 28-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint at Townsville Hospital's Acute Mental Health Unit on 13 April 2010. He had declined admission at ED o…
68y · Male·compression of the neck with contributing acute myocardial infarction due to cor…
A 68-year-old Aboriginal man died by hanging in his cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 16 April 2015 while experiencing acute myocardial infarction. He was transferred to Yatala for urgent psychiatric assessment following t…
15y · Male·Hanging
A 15-year-old Aboriginal boy with complex trauma history, including physical abuse, parental mental illness, and 40+ child protection reports, disclosed a suicide attempt to his school counsellor in December 2019. A mand…
78y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head caused by a compressor from a refrigeration unit …
…sed on human factors, lack of standardised human factors data collection, and communications gaps in the emergency response (failure to include ambulance and rail representatives in the incident management committee). T…
41y · Male·Gunshot wounds to neck and chest (perpetrator Joel Cauchi); stab wounds (six vic…
… recommendations made regarding deprescribing guidelines, shared care protocols, mental health outreach, emergency services interoperability, and weapons licensing frameworks.
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
Bradyn Dillon, aged 9, was brutally beaten to death by his father Graham Dillon in February 2016. The inquest examined how multiple agencies—police, child protection, education, and health services—failed to protect him …
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