475 results for “psychiatric admission”
29y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis
…g. He was admitted to ICU and appropriately commenced on prophylactic enoxaparin 40mg daily. On day 3 of admission, due to aggressive behaviour and staff safety concerns, enoxaparin was ceased to facilitate de-escalatio…
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
Rex Rouse, 86, died from pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis while admitted to the psychiatric unit at Launceston General Hospital on 26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessmen…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian), in circums…
Melissa Gaultier, 34 years old, was discharged from Latrobe Regional Hospital's psychiatric ward (Flynn Unit) less than 24 hours after admission on 13 April 2017, despite comprehensive warnings f…
43y · Female·undetermined
Veronica Cheney disappeared on 1 March 1945 at age 43 from Melbourne. She had a significant psychiatric history including hospitalisation for psychosis and auditory hallucinations at Royal Park and Mont Park…
53y · Female·Unable to determine; circumstances suggest death by suicide but body never recov…
…ela Joy Jeffrey, a 53-year-old woman with a long history of depression managed with antidepressants and psychiatric care, disappeared on 1 June 2016 from Bakers Beach, Tasmania. She had experienced a significant mood de…
51y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained from a fall from the top floor of a multi-storey car…
…hallucinations, liver cirrhosis, and required secure residential care. During a planned gastroenterology admission on 28 May 2020 for blood transfusion, Mosman Park Home staff clearly communicated her high absconding ri…
47y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis
Paul Finck, 47, an involuntary psychiatric patient with schizophrenia, died from pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis while admitted…
29y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident (intentional self-harm)
Grant Phillips, 29-year-old with schizophrenia and complex psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts, was admitted involuntarily to Broadmeadows Inpatient Psych…
62y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained from jumping from rocks at Torndirrup National Park …
… by paramedics. She was placed on a Form 1 mental health assessment order by Dr L.. However, the G Ward psychiatric unit had no bed capacity, and both available consultant psychiatrists declined to assess her—one citing…
45y · Male·hanging
…isuse was admitted to Spencer Clinic following a medication overdose suicide attempt. During his six-day admission, he improved clinically, denied suicidal ideation, and was assessed as suitable for day leave as part of…
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to hanging
…was no coordinated care plan. In April 2015, he presented with suicidal ideation and paranoid thoughts; psychiatric admission was suggested but he declined. His psychiatrist had relocated and communication between the p…
19y · Female·The available evidence does not allow for a finding as to the cause of death
…gust 1958 after absconding from Broughton Hall mental health facility. She had been referred for urgent psychiatric admission following concerning disclosures of suicidal ideation, knowledge of suicide methods, and incr…
62y · Male·not stated - body never found
… long history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital's psychiatric units (PECC and Caritas) in June 2020 following suicidal ideation. After approximately two weeks of tre…
45y · Male·spontaneous lethal arrhythmia arising from focal myocardial fibrosis
45-year-old man with bipolar disorder admitted to psychiatric unit involuntarily died from spontaneous lethal arrhythmia due to focal myocardial fibrosis. Critical i…
31y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
…scalating violence, substance abuse, and non-compliance with medication. However, he absconded from the psychiatric ward the next morning before psychiatric review. Critical clinical lessons include: psychiatric assessm…
54y · Male·quetiapine toxicity in a man with ischaemic heart disease
…scharge request. The ED registrar's reassessment seven hours later was wholly inadequate without proper psychiatric evaluation. The ART clinicians did not adequately consider voluntary psychiatric admission. While St Vi…
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
…ied from congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit. She had recently been treated for C. difficile colitis requiring ICU admission for hypotension. T…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
…e) after orthopaedic surgery for a wrist fracture sustained while intoxicated. Carroll had a documented psychiatric history including recent involuntary mental health admission (discharged 27 May 2007) for attempted sui…
49y · Male·hanging (suicide)
…tonio Rodriguez, aged 49, died by hanging on 16 September 2006, two hours after discharge from Ward B8 (psychiatric short-stay unit) at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had been admitted with severe depression and active sui…
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…ts (doxepin, diazepam, fluoxetine). Critical failures included: inadequate investigation of her complex psychiatric history and previous Melbourne methadone treatment; escalating methadone by 35mg over 5 days (contrary …
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