94 results for “acute asphyxia”
81y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia
George Cameron, an 81-year-old man, died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag while in custody at Parklea Correctional Centre on 8 September 2017. He had been …
35y · Male·unascertained - multifactorial: underlying ischaemic heart disease, drug intoxic…
… unascertained causes during police arrest at Bellbrae on 11 January 2019. He presented to The Alfred with acute paranoia, hallucinations and agitation following synthetic cannabis use, and was discharged after assessme…
0y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioam…
A full-term neonate born after induction of labour died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioamnionitis. The baby presented in poor condition at delivery with thick meconium prese…
43y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging - suicide
Brandon Sager, 43, died by suicide at the Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre while subject to a psychiatric treatment order. He had a long history of schizophrenia and prior suicide attempts but had shown no signs of s…
32y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity in a man with ischaemic heart disease
A 32-year-old male died from methamphetamine toxicity complicated by ischaemic heart disease during police restraint. After a motor vehicle collision, he displayed erratic, aggressive behaviour while walking into traffic…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
…ythmia during a police encounter after absconding from hospital. Contributing factors included positional asphyxia, exertion, taser use (deployed three times), and his underlying heart disease. Critical failures included…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…sed by ischaemic heart disease triggered by stress and physical exertion during restraint, not positional asphyxia or other factors. Key clinical lesson: undiagnosed cardiac disease presenting atypically during acute psy…
35y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease with methylamphetamine effect in a man under physi…
A 35-year-old male with severe pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and recent cardiac arrest (April 2016) presented with increasingly erratic and paranoid behaviour after methylamphetamine use and alcohol consumption. H…
46y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity and coronary atherosclerosis
A 46-year-old man died in police custody following a domestic violence order breach arrest in Rockhampton, Queensland. The death resulted from a combination of methylamphetamine toxicity, significant coronary artery dise…
52y · Male·Polypharmacy overdose of amitriptyline and doxylamine in the context of underlyi…
…pital, and successfully managed in ICU. On 2 March, while confused and hypoxic after extubation, he became acutely agitated and refused treatment. After failed de-escalation attempts, he was restrained in prone position…
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
…psychiatric team awareness of her vulnerability and previous suicide attempt, she died on 1 May 2007 from asphyxiation using a plastic bag secured with knitting wool in a hospital toilet. The coroner found psychiatric tr…
33y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during restraint, involving a predisposition to cardiac…
…ar-old Indigenous man died following police restraint and inappropriate midazolam administration during an acute drug-induced behavioural disturbance. Mr Coolwell sustained injuries while in acute methamphetamine-induce…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
… with mental health conditions, and recognising when chronic conditions and psychiatric comorbidity create acute suicide risk requiring active treatment and support.
8y · Male·accidental suffocation (mechanism unknown)
… though the precise mechanism could not be determined. Critical contributing factors included the mother's acute intoxication, parental fatigue, unsafe sleeping surface, and crowded sleep environment. Clinical education…
3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury
…sted regarding whether the brain injury resulted from severe head impact with secondary ischaemia or from asphyxia. The child's father admitted shaking the baby but experts considered this insufficient to cause the obser…
0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
…d and transferred to NICU but suffered extensive brain injury. MRI showed changes characteristic of severe acute hypoxia-ischaemia. Despite advanced medical care including therapeutic hypothermia and specialist consulta…
27y · Male·Sudden cardiac arrest in the context of physical and psychological exertion duri…
Steven Nixon-McKellar, a 27-year-old First Nations man, died following a physical altercation with Queensland Police officers attempting to arrest him on 7 October 2021. He suffered cardiac arrest during restraint, with …
73y · Female·neck compression by ligature
…this information. Despite her longstanding suicidal ideation history, risk assessment protocols focused on acute vocalised intent rather than her longitudinal mental health history. Had the family's concerns been proper…
33y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest in the setting of prone restraint of an agitated obese…
…int, coronary artery disease, and exertion during struggle. Key clinical failures included: (1) placing an acutely psychotic patient in a high-stimulus emergency department rather than a psychiatric unit; (2) inadequate…
Male·Suffocation as a result of acute petrol vapour inhalation
Three Aboriginal males died from acute petrol vapour inhalation while sniffing in remote Northern Territory communities. Napthan Presley (14 year…
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