106 results for “brain damage”
89y · Female·head injury
…, temporal lobe contusion, and subarachnoid haemorrhage. She was deemed unsuitable for neurosurgery due to brain damage severity and comorbidities, and received palliative care. The coroner found care appropriate and no…
2y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following immersion (drowning)
…mobility, drowned in a swimming pool at a family day care home on 9 November 2015, suffering fatal hypoxic brain injury. While swimming pools were not prohibited at family day care centres, critical supervision lapses o…
0y · Female·combined effects of asphyxia and inhalation of gastric contents
Elizabeth Rose Edwards, a 9-month-old premature infant with perinatal brain injury, died of asphyxia and aspiration of gastric contents while in temporary foster care. She had been p…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in setting of acute…
…rived approximately 2-3 minutes after the emergency call and initiated CPR, but John suffered irreversible brain damage. The coroner found the death was not preventable and care was reasonable and appropriate. Key lesso…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
A 50-year-old man with acquired brain injury and intellectual disability died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following aspiration of a fo…
50y · Male·Unable to be determined
Colin Campbell, a 50-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia, alcohol dependence, hepatitis C, and cirrhosis, disappeared on 29 May 2015 and is presumed deceased. He was under the care of an Assertive Outreach …
28y · Male·Traumatic brain damage complicating contact .22 calibre gunshot wound to the mid…
… agitation following a friend's suicide eight years earlier. On 2 April 1997, he became severely agitated, damaged property, set his car on fire, and threatened to kill himself and others. Police negotiators attempted di…
52y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to or as a consequence of head, facial and …
A 52-year-old man died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following traumatic head injuries sustained when the front fork of his Trek 2000 racing bicycle catastrophically failed during normal riding. Expert evidence e…
46y · Female·Cardiac arrest of unknown origin
Virginia Brown, a 46-year-old Aboriginal woman, died of cardiac arrest of unknown origin on 31 October 2014 while detained under a Mandatory Residential Treatment (MRT) order at CAAAPU (Central Australian Aboriginal Alco…
4y · Male·chronic degenerative damage (complications) from neonatal cerebral palsy
Baby M was a 4.5-year-old Aboriginal boy with severe neonatal cerebral palsy causing quadriplegia, intellectual disability, seizures, blindness, and severe gastro-oesophageal reflux. He died unexpectedly at home from chr…
Unknown·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle accident; Anthony Paul Thomson died from ru…
…e coroner found no clinical fault with his treating doctors' management of his complex medical conditions (brain injury, ADHD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain) or their assessments of his fitness to drive. The case hi…
14y · Male·Complications of near drowning - severe hypoxic brain damage and subsequent mult…
…ecember 1998 after being in the diving pool undetected for approximately 20 minutes, and died from hypoxic brain injury on 10 January 1999. Pool Manager Adam Wild left the facility at 4:20pm, leaving Assistant Manager J…
37y · Male·Complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall
…importance of recognising the severity of high-voltage electrical injuries, which cause both direct tissue damage and cardiac complications. While the scaffold complied with Electricity Safety Regulations, it did not com…
22y · Female·cardiac arrest of uncertain cause noting the existence of drug toxicity; the dru…
…ac arrest likely occurred approximately 30 minutes before CPR commenced, and that the degree of myocardial damage may have been non-survivable regardless of timing. Paramedics and hospital staff provided appropriate resu…
20y · Female·Cerebral anoxia consequent upon a severe acute asthmatic event
…ist Dr G. successfully intubated on arrival but Ms Gordon arrested shortly after, suffering severe hypoxic brain damage from which she died at Royal Adelaide Hospital. The death reflects the inherent difficulties and po…
17y · Male·stroke (left middle cerebral artery infarction) following motorbike collision du…
… specialists. Early neurosurgical consultation would likely have identified the injury before irreversible brain damage occurred. Had the dissection been detected within 6-8 hours, endovascular clot retrieval could have…
41y · Male·Complications of blunt force injuries of the head
…ry unit. Surgery eventually occurred 5+ hours after CT results were known—too late to prevent irreversible brain damage. Colin died 3 days later. Key lessons: document differential diagnoses and elicit complete historie…
63y · Female·head injury sustained from a collision between bicycle and builder's trailer
Dr F., a 63-year-old psychiatrist and experienced cyclist, died from head injuries sustained in a collision between her bicycle and a builder's trailer on a shared bicycle/pedestrian path in Canberra on 7 April 2018. Gra…
14y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to choking on food, as a consequence of foe…
A 14-year-old girl with foetal alcohol syndrome, autism, and intellectual impairment died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following choking on food during a community outing. She had been in state care since infanc…
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
…:15pm, no alarm sounded because he had also disconnected the monitoring module. He suffered severe hypoxic brain damage and died 6 days later. Key lessons: ensure escalation of care and nursing ratios match clinical nee…
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