135 results for “absconding”
25y · Male·Dehydration with contributory causes of severe mental health conditions and hype…
…nia and polysubstance abuse disorder, died from dehydration and hyperthermia in Moira State Forest after absconding during escorted weekend leave from an involuntary mental health facility. Key clinical lessons include: …
57y · Male·Acute renal failure complicating end stage liver cirrhosis with resultant enceph…
A 57-year-old man with end-stage alcoholic liver cirrhosis died of acute renal failure complicated by hepatic encephalopathy and coagulopathy while detained under mental health legislation. He presented with severe liver…
50y · Male·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine); cardiac hype…
A 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder died from mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine) combined with cardiac hypertrophy. He ceased his antipsychotic medication o…
25y · Female·Chest injuries due to fall from height
Two psychiatric inpatients (SH, 25-year-old female; AW, 24-year-old male) died by suicide by jumping from the Buranda car park across from Princess Alexandra Hospital's Mental Health Unit within a 10-month period despite…
68y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
68-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and history of suicide attempts died by jumping from a car park rooftop on 14 April 2015. She had been discharged from psychiatric inpatient care to aged care on 2 March …
37y · Male·blunt force injuries to the head and chest from jumping off an 8.65 metre roof
Daniel Bleaney, 37, experienced acute psychosis with command hallucinations while at sea and attempted suicide by jumping overboard. He was rescued and admitted involuntarily to Cowdy Ward, an open psychiatric ward, foll…
66y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries
JSZ, a 66-year-old forensic patient with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide while on unsupervised day leave from Cumberland Hospital's Bunya Unit on 20 September 2023. He jumped from a cliff at Queen Elizabe…
16y · Male·multiple injuries
… Department of Communities, which made reasonable efforts to find stable placements despite his repeated absconding. No systemic failures in child protection were identified.
36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from intentional jump from cliff top
Alexander Albert Steinbrenner, a 36-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, died from multiple injuries sustained when he jumped from an 11-metre cliff at the Roundhouse in Fremantle on 27 February 2004. He was an i…
67y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis
Harold Louis, a 67-year-old man with Alzheimer's dementia, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension, was admitted to an aged care facility as 'low care' despite rapidly requiring high-level supervision. Staff …
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
A 57-year-old man with 28-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by suicide when he absconded from an acute psychiatric unit and stepped in front of a train. Despite comprehensive psychiatric management i…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
… and coronary artery disease, died from malignant ventricular arrhythmia during a police encounter after absconding from hospital. Contributing factors included positional asphyxia, exertion, taser use (deployed three ti…
36y · Male·undetermined (possibly ethylene glycol poisoning; possibly natural cause such as…
A 36-year-old man with acute psychotic illness absconded from Ryde Hospital Emergency Department on 3 August 2013 after refusing oral antipsychotic medication. He evaded police efforts to locate him and was found dead in…
48y · Male·Drowning
A 48-year-old man with depression, problematic alcohol use, and recent onset paranoid ideation and auditory hallucinations presented twice to the Emergency Department on the morning of his death. Despite expressing suici…
23y · Male·injuries sustained when struck by train
Jarrod Christie, 23, a voluntary then involuntary psychiatric inpatient at Maroondah Hospital, absconded from the high-dependency unit on 22 December 2012 and died by suicide. Clinical lessons include: (1) GPs should ful…
41y · Male·Hanging
Stuart Alan Ronning, a 41-year-old man with recurrent depressive disorder, alcohol dependency, and previous suicide attempts, presented to Royal Melbourne Hospital emergency department after being found with a noose at a…
29y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident (intentional self-harm)
Grant Phillips, 29-year-old with schizophrenia and complex psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts, was admitted involuntarily to Broadmeadows Inpatient Psychiatric Unit on 5 May 2007. Despite being asses…
40y · Male·UNDETERMINED - natural causes (most probably natural disease; starvation could n…
Miroslaw Dziczkowski, a 40-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia managed under a Community Treatment Order, disappeared in January 2013 after withdrawing $7300 and relocating to a caravan park without notifying his me…
61y · Male·exposure and dehydration, preceded by alcohol withdrawal and chronic alcoholism
A 61-year-old man with chronic alcoholism was admitted to hospital for alcohol withdrawal management. He became confused and paranoid on the ward, received appropriate medication, but left hospital unobserved approximate…
15y · Female·hypoxic brain damage due to multiple drug toxicity
…le a known drug user was present. She had complex trauma from childhood abuse, a history of drug use and absconding, and was awaiting trial to give evidence about sexual assault. Gordon House youth workers provided resid…
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