214 results for “fall in elderly”
86y · Male·coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis with significant conditions of fractured l…
…Gympie General Hospital from coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis, precipitated by injuries sustained in a fall at a nursing home. While transferring from a bath trolley to a comfort chair using a mechanical hoist and s…
89y · Male·Complications of choking on a food bolus in a man with multiple medical comorbid…
…dict Costello, 89, died from aspiration of a food bolus while eating on a geriatric ward three days after a fall. He had documented oropharyngeal dysphagia requiring supervision during oral intake. Speech pathology recom…
84y · Male·Complications of fracture left humerus neck due to fall due to hyperactive delir…
…ed behaviours developed a urinary tract infection causing acute delirium, atrial fibrillation, and multiple falls. After presenting to the emergency department with three falls and acute confusion requiring one-to-one nu…
67y · Male·Head injuries sustained from a fall from the upstairs landing in Goldsmith G Blo…
…Chiu, a 67-year-old Chinese-speaking prisoner on remand, died by suicide in prison on 6 February 2017 after falling head-first from a landing. He had a complex psychiatric history including anxiety, depression, hyponatra…
91y · Male·The combined effects of chest injuries and old age
A 91-year-old man presented to the ED after a motor vehicle crash with chest pain. While imaging revealed abnormalities, ED staff and a junior registrar considered these to be old fractures rather than acute injuries and…
86y · Male·Traumatic Subdural Haemorrhage
…continued driving the door downward despite the obstruction, causing the door to unspool from its shaft and fall uncontrollably out of its guide channels. The coroner accepted recommendations for design modifications inc…
85y · Female·Sepsis relating to an infected right shoulder wound (including MRSA)
Ellen Plymin, aged 85, sustained a fractured humerus in a fall and underwent surgical fixation at Western Hospital on 10 May 2007. She returned to Westgate Aged Care Faci…
86y · Female·right subdural haematoma due to blunt head trauma with contributing excessive wa…
…er requesting it on 4 January. The patient presented to a telehealth service on the morning of death with a fall and head injury while on warfarin with known haematuria, but was not referred to hospital. Her death was pr…
81y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from fall with exacerbation by anticoagulant therapy
An 81-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer's disease fell at home on 21 December 2020, sustaining a subdural haematoma. Nambour Hospital appropriately ceased her anticoagulant (rivaroxaban) and planned c…
73y · Female·neck compression by ligature
…ligature strangulation in a closed psychiatric ward at Glenside Hospital. She had chronic pain since a 2002 fall, depression, and histrionic personality disorder. Two days before her death, she told her son she would be …
72y · Female·acute on chronic renal failure due to sepsis and chronic left leg cellulitis
…ulmonary hypertension, cardiac failure, COPD, and myelofibrosis, had a well-documented history of recurrent falls with prolonged periods unable to self-recover. Despite this predictable high-risk profile, she was dischar…
74y · Female·Fractures of the legs, with terminal palliative care, in an elderly lady with mu…
Ms Papanastasiou, a 74-year-old aged care resident confined to a wheelchair, died from bilateral femoral fractures sustained when she fell from her wheelchair during sudden bus braking. The wheelchair was secured using o…
84y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
An 84-year-old man with Alzheimer's dementia and a history of wandering left his home on 15 September 2017 and was never found alive. The coroner determined he is deceased, likely died within days of going missing in bus…
63y · Male·complications of an inverted positional event (asphyxia from airway occlusion)
…t were unable to remove him safely and called emergency services at 05.10 hours. Due to use of Protocol 17 (fall) rather than Protocol 22 (entrapment), the ambulance dispatch was delayed. Paramedics arrived at 05.42 hour…
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