68 results for “neck compression injury”
28y · Female·ligature compression of the neck
…drenaline, and restored circulation after 15 minutes. However, she had suffered irreversible hypoxic brain injury and died 2 days later. The coroner found the officers' decision understandable given their training emphas…
38y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Michael Andrew Curren, a 38-year-old prisoner at Mobilong Prison, died by hanging on 10 June 1998. He had been assaulted five days earlier and attended medical review on the day of death, but presented as being in good s…
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
Two men died by hanging while detained under inpatient treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found…
41y · Female·neck compression
Kim Lynch, 41, died from neck compression between 12-14 February 2016. She was in a relationship with LM, who had paranoid schizophrenia,…
59y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to compression of the neck in the circu…
A 59-year-old woman with major depression died by hanging using her dressing gown tie while a voluntary inpatient at a private psychiatric clinic. She was assessed as low-risk and had no restriction on ligature access. D…
31y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the …
31-year-old Moses Sokiri died on 26 October 2014 from bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following suicide by hanging at Greenwood train station on 12 October 2014. The deceased was in acute ment…
18y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression from hangi…
An 18-year-old Aboriginal man died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest from hanging. He had a chronic petrol-sniffing habit and was acutely intoxicated …
35y · Male·neck compression from hanging
A 35-year-old man with a history of depression, substance abuse, and acquired brain injury from assault was admitted to a psychiatric ward after self-harm with suicidal ideation. He was detained un…
41y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging) and penetrating sharp force injury (s…
…Desmond Devree, aged 41, died by suicide in Bunbury Regional Prison on 14 October 2024 through ligature compression of the neck and a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. Key clinical and systemic lessons include: (1…
29y · Female·global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of neck compression
Rebecca Poke, a 29-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, died by suicide while an inpatient in Ward E of Casey Hospital on 2 September 2015. She had been admitted following a paracetamol overdose and was o…
52y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to mechanical asphyxia and neck compression f…
Christopher Wagg, a 52-year-old diesel fitter, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage caused by crush injuries when trapped between an elevated work platform (EWP) basket and overhead structural beam on 3 August 2009. …
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
Kirsty Anne Slater, a 24-year-old woman with extensive mental illness and substance abuse history, was found hanging from a tree in a park on 19 April 2006, nine days after absconding from Fremantle Hospital's Alma Stree…
14y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide)
…self-harm behaviours and subsequent depression, died by suicide on 14 October 2004 following a ligature compression injury sustained on 11 October 2004 at home. She had been treated with multiple anti-depressant medicat…
46y · Male·Cerebral ischaemia secondary to compression of the neck in circumstances of hang…
Derek Hamilton, a 46-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient with cluster B personality disorder and recurrent depression, died from cerebral ischaemia secondary to hanging while an inpatient at Northern Hospital Psychi…
20y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Devan Ginbey, a 20-year-old with longstanding mental health issues including depression, psychosis, ADHD, and substance abuse, presented to Peel ED on 12 January 2022 with self-harm and active suicidal ideation with a st…
30y · Male·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
…ovember 2009 when Mr Smith attempted hanging, but staff accepted his implausible explanation of accidental injury sustained during exercise. Had this incident been properly investigated, he would have been identified as …
94y · Male·blunt head and neck trauma with associated haemorrhage; neck trauma included fra…
Charles Rowan McCulloch, aged 94, died from blunt head and neck trauma sustained in an assault by another dementia resident in Jindalee Aged Care Residence, ACT. He was ad…
43y · Female·External neck compression due to self-inflicted hanging
…hat was not formally investigated as a new incident, treating it instead as a recurrence of a pre-existing injury. This failure to investigate meant her condition was not adequately reassessed. She was transferred withou…
38y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and organ failure following compression of the neck (hangin…
A 38-year-old Sri Lankan asylum seeker died by suicide after being released from immigration detention on a bridging visa. He had documented anxiety and trauma history during detention, managed by psychiatrist Dr A. who …
28y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Mark Payne, 28, a remand prisoner at Yatala Labour Prison, hanged himself in his cell on 2 June 2011 using a canvas smock. He had made recent threats of self-harm and was placed under camera observation in G Division. Th…
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