52 results for “acute psychiatric distress”
Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain
…ior criminal history and background checks were appropriate, systemic failures in recognizing and managing acute mental health crises in non-traditional settings were evident.
32y · Female·hypoxic brain injury as a result of a cardiac arrest due to positional asphyxia …
…evere postpartum psychosis and was admitted involuntarily to the mental health unit. On 11 May 2008, while acutely unwell, she ingested a caustic substance causing severe oesophageal burns. During her distress, she was …
36y · Male·Immersion (drowning)
…April 2019 with accommodation concerns; staff conducted a risk assessment documented as non-urgent with no acute mental health issues identified. The coroner found appropriate clinical care was delivered within availabl…
33y · Female·hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking her own life
…Hospital following suicidal ideation after medication changes (moclobemide to citalopram). Dr L. diagnosed acute distress from serotonergic effects of medication on a BPD background and discharged her after 2 days with …
52y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia and asphyxia in the setting of an irrespirable environment
…ughts expressed between October 2016 and her death, her treating team managed her as a chronic rather than acute risk. On 2 June 2017, she informed family she had purchased items for suicide; a gas bottle was confiscate…
41y · Male·Septicaemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease
…s expert evidence indicates that timely medical intervention, proper food/fluid monitoring, appropriate psychiatric hospitalization, or even application of section 24 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act to a…
39y · Female·Septic shock and nosocomial pneumonia secondary to pentobarbital (Nembutal) over…
A 39-year-old woman with major depression and Cluster B personality traits died by suicide in Mexico following a pentobarbital overdose on 28 April 2008, resulting in septic shock and nosocomial pneumonia. She had been a…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
…ase and heart disease, died of restraint asphyxia following police restraint in hospital while awaiting psychiatric assessment. Both men became acutely agitated during restraint and ceased struggling suddenly, which sho…
Unknown·Ruby Nicholls-Diver: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly Jean Elliott:…
Five psychiatric patients of Alma Street Centre died between March 2011 and March 2012. Two (Ruby Nicholls-Diver and Ant…
48y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicating restraint of an acutely agitated male
…is kitchen while being handcuffed. OC foam was deployed twice without effect. Danny developed respiratory distress and cardiac arrest during restraint. Clinically, the case highlights: (1) the need for collateral physica…
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
…on staff; (5) unmanaged chronic pain from untreated shoulder injury and alcohol withdrawal contributed to distress. The coroner found the hospital's EEO assessment appropriate but criticised lack of holistic, person-cent…
Male·Transection of the aorta with exsanguination caused by gunshot wounds to the mid…
Warren I'Anson died from gunshot wounds to the mid-back on 17 November 1995 during a police response to a mental health crisis. He had schizophrenia, recently experienced grief from his wife and friend's deaths, and was …
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