67 results for “choking risk”
16y · Female·upper airway occlusion due to aspiration of a foreign body (disposable latex glo…
…onstant observation but was left unattended in a playroom when carers attended to another child with higher-risk behaviours. She relocated to a bathroom where disposable gloves were accessible (on vanity, in bins, and di…
79y · Female·cardio-respiratory arrest consequent upon the aspiration of food
A 79-year-old woman with post-stroke dysphagia died from aspiration of food while hospitalised. A speech pathologist prescribed a minced diet after an unsuccessful soft diet trial, but the patient received a soft diet me…
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a m…
31-year-old Darren Culleton died from hypoxic brain injury after choking on the hood of his coveralls while in police custody. He had presented to St Vincent's Hospital with acut…
Zara Schupelius: suffocation; Callum Smith: undetermined; Jake Hackett: suffocat…
Concurrent inquests into five sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI), three attributed to suffocation and two undetermined but with suffocation as a significant possibility. All deaths occurred in infants aged 2-7 mo…
70y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia, associated with Huntington's disease
…rs, inadequate recognition of benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome causing agitation and increased aspiration risk, insufficient fluid and nutritional support, poor pressure area management, and delayed medical review when…
59y · Male·head injuries
…sion) triggered by debilitating vestibular symptoms. Despite rapid clinical deterioration from 21-28 April, risk assessment tools recorded him as "moderate" risk throughout. Critical failures included: inadequate escalat…
43y · Female·suffocation
…critical police response on 17 August 2016 when Ms K reported car vandalism failed to recognise her serious risk of harm. Senior Constable Latkich completed a DVSAT (Domestic Violence Safety Assessment Tool) but did not …
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