226 results for “cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr)”
52y · Male·Multiple injuries
Tony Wayne Kennedy, a 52-year-old man, died by suicide on 8 March 2022 after jumping from a freeway overpass near Perth, Western Australia. He sustained multiple non-survivable injuries including skull fractures, intracr…
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
…ile eating a sandwich, she choked on food, suffered complete airway obstruction, and despite immediate resuscitation efforts including manual clearance and CPR, sustained severe hypoxic brain injury. She developed seizu…
63y · Female·undetermined (natural causes); COVID-19 infection likely contributory
Gillian Burgess, a 63-year-old non-verbal autistic woman with intellectual disability, chronic kidney disease and heart disease, died in a Specialist Disability Accommodation facility. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on …
42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…
Lucia Di Pietro, a 42-year-old woman with severe autism and epilepsy living in Department of Human Services disability accommodation, choked on roast beef during supervised dinner on 1 August 2010. Emergency services arr…
23y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning
A 23-year-old Indian citizen drowned at an unpatrolled, hazardous beach on Stradbroke Island after becoming caught in a rip current. He was unable to swim. Despite prompt CPR by lifeguards and paramedics with return of s…
74y · Female·Blunt force injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle while crossing Joh…
A 74-year-old woman was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing John Street in Lidcombe at approximately 8:30pm on 16 February 2019, sustaining fatal blunt force injuries. The coroner found the pedestrian at fault, havi…
52y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia
Gregory Bennett, a 52-year-old man with congenital rubella syndrome causing profound disabilities including dysphagia, epilepsy, and spastic quadriparesis, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was living in DHHS-managed ac…
72y · Male·Unascertained natural causes
John James Taylor, a 72-year-old man with Fragile X Syndrome and multiple comorbidities including atrial fibrillation, hypercholesterolaemia, and hypertension, was found deceased in his supported disability accommodation…
44y · Male·coronary artery disease superimposed upon chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
John Benedict Munkara died at age 44 following cardiac arrest while in police custody after being found at Vestey's Beach. He had suffered severe, chronic alcohol abuse with multiple protective custody episodes. Critical…
58y · Male·Respiratory failure due to or as a consequence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary …
Geoffrey Hornby, a 58-year-old prisoner with significant COPD, ischemic heart disease, and multiple comorbidities, died from respiratory failure secondary to COPD. He was admitted to hospital with COPD exacerbation and d…
4y · Female·Immersion (drowning)
…he pool through windows from an armchair approximately 18 metres away with partially obstructed views. Resuscitation was commenced immediately by Mrs Parr (a registered nurse) and neighbours, continued by ambulance offi…
43y · Male·Unascertained - attributed to metabolic/physiological derangement in context of …
…sive approximately 6 minutes later. CPR was immediately commenced and paramedics arrived promptly, but resuscitation was unsuccessful. Autopsy revealed a perforated chronic gastric ulcer, dehydration, and various drugs …
74y · Male·Hospital acquired pneumonia complicating chronic lung disease
David Maynard, 74 years old, died from hospital-acquired pneumonia complicating chronic lung disease. He was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital in July 2016 with chest pain and delirium attributed to hyponatraemia and …
62y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epilepsy in the setting of Down syndrome
Richard Watson, a 62-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, dementia and C1 partial quadriplegia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Austin Hospital. He had recurrent admissions over six months for pneumonia, asthma a…
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
Kyle Gallagher, age 22, died from airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and chondronecrosis following a motorcycle accident. A CT scan on 13 July 2023 showed a critically narrowed (3mm) subglottic airway with suspe…
46y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating a cardiac arrest during anaesthetic …
…ronchospasm rather than ETT malposition. The ETT position was not visually rechecked until late in the resuscitation, at which point it was found in the oesophagus. By then, severe hypoxic brain injury had occurred, lea…
76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis
Pasquale Esposito, age 76, died in custody at Lyell McEwin Hospital from combined acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis. He had extensive cardiac history including prior MI, CABG, COPD, and recent stent placement. On…
30y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Andrew Amos, a 30-year-old male prisoner, died of ischaemic heart disease on 24 January 2015. He had significant coronary artery disease (≥90% left anterior descending artery stenosis) with no preceding scarring suggesti…
1y · Female·Pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure secondary to total anomalous pulm…
…iac specialist who provided telephone guidance on medication administration. Despite CPR and ambulance resuscitation efforts, Mykayla could not be revived. The coroner found this a natural death with no clinical prevent…
0y · Female·Drowning
An 11-month-old girl drowned in a backyard koi fishpond after gaining access to the pond's edge, likely attempting to view the fish. Despite immediate CPR and rapid hospital transfer, she suffered hypoxic-ischaemic brain…
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