260 results for “hypoxic arrest”
64y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest due to retroperiton…
A 64-year-old man died from hypovolaemic cardiac arrest caused by retroperitoneal bleeding from a pelvic fracture. The bleeding occurred six days post-injury whil…
30y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest of unknown aetiolog…
Heather Calgaret, a 30-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy after being administered a first dose of buprenorphine (Buvidal) injection witho…
30y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity (vecuronium and atropine self-in…
…e Wallace-Mohlmann, a 30-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and substance abuse history, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by self-injection of vecuronium and atropine obtained from a hospital storeroom. She …
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
Michael Peter Magro, a 40-year-old male inmate at a correctional facility, died on 27 December 2008 from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac disease and severe pneumonia. Critical failures in prison healthcare were …
40y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia due to cardiovascular disease
Mr Brendan Triffett, aged 40, died suddenly from cardiac arrhythmia whilst participating in supervised hydrotherapy at Kingston Pool, Tasmania on 13 March 2018. He had significant medical history including an acquired br…
23y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and bronchopneumonia complicating ligature compression of t…
Jordan Robert Anderson, 23, died by suicide in Hakea Prison through ligature compression of the neck. Critical delays occurred when he was discovered unresponsive: 3 minutes 40 seconds elapsed before his cell door was un…
54y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury attributed to cardiac arrest due to choking
A 54-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia died of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from choking on food whilst in seclusion in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Key…
1y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest of unknown c…
A 22-month-old boy died from global cerebral ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest of unknown cause in the setting of detected methylamphetamine exposure. He had multiple healing traumatic …
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
…old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental health unit on 18 March 2019. He had been involunta…
33y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest in the setting of prone restraint of an agitated obese…
A 33-year-old man with schizophrenia and a forensic history suffered cardio-respiratory arrest during prone restraint in a busy emergency department after his mental health community treatment order wa…
39y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following surgery for dental…
Richard Christopher Jankowski, a 39-year-old man, died from hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following emergency surgery for a dental abscess with celluli…
4y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following immersion
A 4-year-old girl drowned in a neighbouring pool after crawling through a gap in a shared boundary fence that served as a pool safety barrier. The fence had been certified as compliant in February 2024 but deteriorated s…
1y · Female·hypoxic brain injury caused by pressure to the neck from entrapment on a loop-to…
Ebony Thompson, aged 22 months, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by neck entrapment in a loop-topped chickencoop gate at a childcare centre. She becam…
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity
…es daily without in-person review. She was found unresponsive on 27 May with severe hypoxia and died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Critical failures included: ambiguous communication between doctors via text me…
28y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to hanging
Matthew Liddell, a 28-year-old former Navy serviceman with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression following the 1998 HMAS Westralia fire, died by hanging in a psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted on 8…
68y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of recent surgery
…r at 10am but was reasonably attributed to post-operative recovery. No CTPA was performed prior to cardiac arrest at 12:30pm. The coroner found medical care was appropriate and the death was not preventable, as pulmonary…
59y · Female·Global cerebral oedema due to hypoxic cerebral ischaemia following cardiac arres…
…vely, making post-operative neurological deterioration difficult to characterise. She was found in cardiac arrest 14 hours after ward admission, likely due to a seizure triggered by hyponatraemia. Key failures included: …
42y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemia in a setting of anaesthesia
A 42-year-old woman died from global cerebral ischaemia following cardiac arrest during anaesthesia for a late-term termination of pregnancy. The anaesthetist, Dr McAllister, failed to ob…
24y · Female·Pentobarbitone toxicity
24-year-old Daniella Sessarego died from pentobarbitone toxicity following intentional ingestion. She had borderline personality disorder and depression with a history of self-harm and suicidality. On 12 August 2014, she…
24y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as a consequence of cardiac arrest, …
Hamid Khazaei, an Iranian asylum seeker aged 24, died on 5 September 2014 after contracting a leg infection (Chromobacterium violaceum) on Manus Island while in immigration detention. His death was preventable and result…
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