90 results for “possible psychiatric illness”
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Adam Laufer, a 32-year-old man with longstanding bipolar disorder, died by suicide on 24 November 2016 when he jumped from the LaTrobe Street overpass in Melbourne. In the early hours of 24 November, his father called tr…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
… of sepsis severity, appropriate use of mental health legislation for acute delirium secondary to medical illness, and timely escalation to cardiothoracic surgery. Vaccination of at-risk workers with pre-existing cardia…
59y · Female·multiple injuries from fall from height
…Police and Ambulance NSW about mental health history was inadequate—police possessed records of Fiona's psychiatric history but failed to communicate this when the ambulance was called; (4) More accredited mental health…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
…ase and heart disease, died of restraint asphyxia following police restraint in hospital while awaiting psychiatric assessment. Both men became acutely agitated during restraint and ceased struggling suddenly, which sho…
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
…ure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia following a hip fracture sustained in a fall at James Nash House psychiatric facility. He was serving an 8-year sentence for historic sexual offences. The coroner found his death r…
31y · Male·Quetiapine toxicity in a man consuming sertraline and mirtazapine
31-year-old with bipolar disorder died from quetiapine toxicity while taking sertraline and mirtazapine. He was under a Community Treatment Order and his treating team reduced his antipsychotic dose while he deteriorated…
24y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height
… mental health screening tools for cancer patients; and that metoclopramide carries rare but recognised psychiatric risks that warrant explicit risk-benefit consideration in patients with depression, though no causal li…
Male·Transection of the aorta with exsanguination caused by gunshot wounds to the mid…
Warren I'Anson died from gunshot wounds to the mid-back on 17 November 1995 during a police response to a mental health crisis. He had schizophrenia, recently experienced grief from his wife and friend's deaths, and was …
60y · Male·asphyxia sequential to hanging due to depression
Robert Harris, a 60-year-old man with depression, made two suicide attempts within 24 hours. After the first attempt on 27 June 2006, he was discharged from Cairns Base Hospital Emergency Department with a plan to attend…
asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …
…vices, lack of mental health training for general hospital staff, and failure to escalate to specialist psychiatric services. All three had documented suicide risk but systemic failures prevented appropriate interventio…
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