677 results for “cardiac arrest”
36y · Male·Acute on Chronic Myocardial Infarction
Mark Anselo Ugle, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with a significant history of cardiac problems, seizures, and non-compliance with medication, died in East Perth Lockup on 9 December 2000 from…
56y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to inadvertent oesophageal intubation and f…
Sukanya Thurairajah, 55-year-old with multiple comorbidities including obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, and metastatic breast cancer, underwent haemodialysis at Canberra Hospital on 29 July 2011. She had an adverse r…
63y · Male·pneumonia complicating anoxic brain injury, due to post-operative haemorrhage as…
…ollow-up. A CT pulmonary angiogram was pursued despite low clinical probability, delaying diagnosis until cardiac arrest occurred. Earlier recognition of haemorrhage, timely blood investigations, and appropriate escalat…
23y · Male·Acute cardiac arrhythmia in 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) intoxicat…
Tristan Naudi, 23, died from acute cardiac arrhythmia during MDMA intoxication while being restrained prone at hospital. Police appropriately placed…
44y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis
A 44-year-old Aboriginal woman died from acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) due to coronary thrombosis while in custody at Bandyup Women's Prison in Western Australia. She had multiple cardiovascular risk factors…
35y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to vertebro…
…osis of mental disorder. She deteriorated at home and presented to a tertiary hospital where she suffered cardiac arrest from basilar/vertebral artery thrombosis due to vertebral artery dissection. The coroner found the…
54y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage caused by blood loss and airway obstruction due t…
…ography with arterial embolisation, the patient would likely have survived. Instead, he deteriorated into cardiac arrest requiring 97 minutes resuscitation, resulting in hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from which he coul…
26y · Male·Air embolism due to ruptured spleen (surgery) due to motorcycle accident
…al, he underwent laparotomy, but air entered his circulation via an infusion pump during surgery, causing cardiac arrest. Clinical lessons: (1) Severe trauma patients should be transported directly to equipped trauma ce…
81y · Male·myocardial infarction
An 81-year-old man with dementia died of myocardial infarction while detained under Mental Health Act orders at Glenside Hospital. He was admitted for aggression and cognitive deterioration. Over three weeks, his psychia…
61y · Female·Complications of pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis
…gh she exhibited suicidal ideation and hallucinations. She collapsed while washing her hands and suffered cardiac arrest from massive bilateral pulmonary emboli. The coroner found the medical care provided was appropria…
78y · Male·Multiple organ failure in the setting of neuropathy and coagulopathy caused by t…
Winston William Fish, aged 78, died from multiple organ failure following tiger snake envenomation while working on his rural property in Tasmania. He was bitten at least twice by a 1400mm tiger snake while working near …
74y · Male·cardiac and renal failure complicating treatment of infected ischaemic toes resu…
…ondary to diabetes mellitus. During his 17-day hospital stay, he developed acute renal failure leading to cardiac arrest and death. Critical failures included: failure to monitor creatinine and gentamicin levels between…
Multiple penetrating knife wounds with hemorrhagic shock and traumatic cardiac a…
On 13 April 2024, Joel Cauchi, with inadequately managed treatment-resistant schizophrenia, stabbed six people to death and injured ten others at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney. The coroner found Cauc…
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…
36y · Male·Toxic overdose of Clozapine (anti-psychotic drug), self-administered, with termi…
…Duff, a 36-year-old with severe chronic schizophrenia, died from Clozapine toxicity (pulmonary oedema and cardiac arrest) on 14-15 February 1997. He was subject to a Community Treatment Order and under case management. …
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
…1-year-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 i…
41y · Female·multiple stab wounds to the neck
This inquest examined the death of Prabha Arunkumar, a 41-year-old computer programmer who died from multiple stab wounds to the neck sustained during an attack in Parramatta Park on 7 March 2015. She was transported to …
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to paraquat ingestion
A 62-year-old man with diabetes, renal failure, and hypertension died from multi-organ failure following intentional ingestion of approximately 100-150ml of paraquat. He had recently assumed sole responsibility for the f…
46y · Male·Ventricular arrhythmia in a man with epilepsy and documented episodes of bradyca…
…requiring frequent seizure review and dose optimisation. He was transferred between prisons within days of arrest, with incomplete medical information transfer. While reception assessments were reasonable given available…
44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity
A 44-year-old male died from hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression, financial difficulties, and prior heroin use. After collapsing at a friend's …
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