56 results for “food aspiration risk”
54y · Female·choking on a food bolus in a woman with an intellectual disability and other med…
…racie Lyndal Markwick, a 54-year-old woman with intellectual disability and dysphagia, died from choking on food at her day placement centre. She had a documented mealtime management plan indicating mild-to-moderate chok…
19y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to aspiration of food bolus
…m, Asperger's syndrome, and documented swallowing difficulties, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by aspiration of a food bolus while in disability respite care. Critical failures included: reduction of one-to-one su…
81y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating end stage fronto-temporal dementia on a backgr…
Murray Lawrence Abinett, aged 81, died of aspiration pneumonia complicating end-stage fronto-temporal dementia with chronic obstructive lung disease, ischaem…
88y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating vascular dementia and metastatic prostate canc…
…n 88-year-old man with vascular dementia, metastatic prostate cancer, and chronic kidney disease died of aspiration pneumonia 15 days after admission to hospital under a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He wa…
61y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspira…
…opathy and cirrhosis died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspiration pneumonia. He consumed significant alcohol on the day of death while taking prescribed sedating medicati…
59y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction
…nda Rae Field, aged 59, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus while eating dinner at her aged care facility. She was a resident at Clearview Manor, a locked care f…
53y · Male·Choking on food bolus in pharynx, with Huntington's disease and coronary atheros…
…dysphagia and texture-modified diets, regular care plan reviews, and respiratory health checks to detect aspiration pneumonia were necessary preventive measures.
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating acute upper airway obstruction by …
…lectual disability, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to acute airway obstruction from a food bolus. He choked while eating unsupervised at a group home on 24 November 2017. Multiple preventable failur…
Unknown·Choking; Mr Gesios: large bolus of bread and scrambled eggs causing complete air…
…os was fed bread dipped in Milo by an inexperienced AIN without adequate supervision of swallowing; a large food bolus formed and obstructed his airway. Ms McGreevy received an incorrect meal tray containing buttered bre…
69y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…etes, amputation, prostate cancer, recent MI) and cognitive impairment, died from asphyxia after choking on food while a resident at Roy Fagan Centre, a psychiatric hospital for older persons. He was being assisted with …
55y · Female·asphyxia due to choking on food (steak)
…rbid obesity, schizophrenia, depression, and substance use disorder died from asphyxia caused by choking on food while at a friend's home in supported accommodation. She was on multiple central nervous system depressants…
45y · Male·choking on food
…sychiatric illness residing in an institutional setting (Strathmont Centre infirmary), died from choking on food. Critical failures in observation and monitoring preceded his death: he received wrong medications (Thyroxi…
77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia
Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2…
52y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…r, a 52-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and cognitive decline, died from asphyxia due to choking on food at Millbrook Rise Rehabilitation Centre. He had a documented, well-known choking risk due to his lifelong h…
15y · Male·Global ischaemic brain injury post cardiac arrest secondary to anaphylaxis
…on of his allergy. Multiple system failures contributed: the VKA had no policies for managing children with food allergies; collated allergy information was not shared with food organisers; no labelling accompanied the f…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention…
28y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy
…alsy, treatment-resistant epilepsy, cortical vision impairment and global developmental delay, died from aspiration pneumonia. He developed a cough on 24 August 2017 and was seen by his GP on 28 August with findings cons…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
…h acquired brain injury and intellectual disability died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following aspiration of a food bolus during lunch at his disability care residence. The carer appropriately called 000 and co…
89y · Female·Acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus
An 89-year-old woman with dementia died from acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus while being fed lunch at an aged care facility. CCTV footage revealed significant discrepancies betwe…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome
…d woman with Down's syndrome, advanced Alzheimer's dementia, dysphagia, epilepsy and blindness died from aspiration pneumonia. She was a resident of a group home requiring 24-hour care. She presented to hospital drowsy a…
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