115 results for “ambulance transport”
0y · Male·Hypovolemic shock, metabolic acidosis and coagulopathy in association with subga…
…zed complication of vacuum extraction. The coroner found that early contact with NETS (Newborn Emergency Transport Service) at or after 7:00am was not made, despite clinical deterioration suggesting differential diagnos…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
…d 000 at 6:42pm during unprecedented demand (2,332 calls in 12 hours, 397 in 30 minutes), and her family transported her to hospital where she was found in cardiac arrest. Prolonged resuscitation caused hypoxic brain in…
42y · Female·Traumatic right subdural haematoma
…ollen face and severe headache, but the service failed to triage appropriately as an emergency requiring ambulance attendance. Instead, a doctor was assigned 3 hours later. The ambulance was only called at 9.36pm after …
8y · Male·Septic shock consequent on burst appendix with peritonitis
Jacob Belim, aged 8, presented to a GP with appendicitis on 24 March 2009 but the diagnosis was missed. The next day, his treating doctor correctly diagnosed ruptured appendix and referred him urgently to hospital. At Li…
59y · Female·multiple injuries from fall from height
…aking responsibility rests with clinicians, not families; (3) Information sharing between NSW Police and Ambulance NSW about mental health history was inadequate—police possessed records of Fiona's psychiatric history b…
53y · Female·sepsis and multiple organ failure attributable to infarction/necrosis of small b…
A 53-year-old woman with Type II diabetes, obesity, and Korsakoff dementia presented with acute severe abdominal pain from superior mesenteric artery (SMA) thrombosis at 3:00 AM on 19 August. Despite elevated lactate, me…
22y · Male·gunshot injury to the chest
Hayden Paul Stacey, 22, died from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by police constable Lucinda Boon during a mental health crisis incident on 27 May 2018 at Peel Health Campus, Western Australia. Stacey had called …
17y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis
… his presentation to anxiety and upper respiratory infection. They did not take a blood glucose level or transport him to hospital. He died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) six hours later. The coroner found his death w…
36y · Male·Drowning
Gary Dale Sargeant, a 36-year-old Royal Australian Air Force member, died by drowning after absconding from Edinburgh Health Centre during an acute mental health crisis. Critical clinical failures included: a clinical ps…
85y · Female·acute exacerbation of congestive heart failure, following injuries suffered in a…
Ms Tremethick, an 85-year-old with congestive heart failure, fell at home and suffered a lacerated forearm. Paramedics attended and initially administered methoxyflurane for pain relief. She developed fulminant pulmonary…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
…hroat that severed his trachea. Paramedics administered Midazolam to manage his violent agitation before transport to hospital, where resuscitation efforts failed. The coroner found no fault with police, paramedic, or h…
26y · Male·Air embolism due to ruptured spleen (surgery) due to motorcycle accident
…sion pump during surgery, causing cardiac arrest. Clinical lessons: (1) Severe trauma patients should be transported directly to equipped trauma centres, not nearest hospitals; (2) Staff used the Level 1 infuser without…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
…e was feigning symptoms and treated her unprofessionally and inhumanely during her final hours, delaying ambulance transfer. Multiple systemic failures in medical assessment, police supervision, lock-up procedures, and …
22y · Male·Cranial fracture, epidural haemorrhage, marked cerebral oedema and diffuse axona…
…rcation. Despite sustaining a significant head wound with loss of consciousness at the scene, he was not transported to hospital immediately. Security staff provided basic first aid, and he was taken home by friends. He…
17y · Male·multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision
Two juvenile males, aged 17 and 16, died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash on the Gore Highway near Wyaga Creek on 21 April 2018. The vehicle, a stolen Holden Commodore, was traveling at approximately 170-175 km/h when…
18y · Female·Acute Alcohol Toxicity with Early Pneumonia and Aspiration
… recovery position with monitoring and a bucket, but was not recognized as a medical emergency requiring ambulance transport. She vomited and aspirated gastric contents, developing early pneumonia. Approximately 2-3 hou…
37y · Male·Acute epiglottitis
…nned. Within an hour, the patient deteriorated significantly with respiratory distress. Despite eventual ambulance transport and treatment, he died from acute epiglottitis. Key clinical lessons: vital signs should alway…
17y · Female·Arrhythmia due to myocardial scarring secondary to past myocarditis, possibly fr…
Holly Brown, 17, died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia from undiagnosed heart scarring likely due to childhood rheumatic fever. She collapsed at a regional mass gathering event (2000+ attendees) in remote Laura, Queensland. C…
19y · Male·In keeping with hanging
…old male with depression and anxiety died by hanging at his home on 5 March 2021, hours after police and ambulance attended him in the early morning of 4 March following his brother's emergency call. Jet had consumed Va…
40y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity
… him swallowing the substance, he ingested it anyway. Despite paramedics attending and offering hospital transport, the man refused treatment and did not disclose what he had ingested. He presented to hospital approxima…
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