1,288 results for “emergency treatment”
36y · Male·Drowning
…dequate supervision—the patient was left unsupervised despite Mental Health Act powers being invoked and emergency transfer arranged. Preventable factors identified: reading referral documentation before first consultat…
7y · Female·multiorgan failure due to fulminant sepsis (Streptococcus pyogenes)
…to fulminant sepsis (Streptococcus pyogenes) after approximately 90 minutes in Perth Children's Hospital emergency department. She presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, fever, cold extremities and lethargy but was t…
2y · Male·Myocarditis secondary to Kawasaki Disease
Christopher Tao, aged 2 years 9 months, presented to Princess Margaret Hospital ED with a 5-day fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, rash, conjunctivitis, and other features diagnostic of Kawasaki Disease (KD) on 7 September…
6y · Male·cardiopulmonary arrest on a background of earlier cardiac arrests and resuscitat…
… for clear interstate retrieval protocols between NSW and South Australia. The coroner found the medical treatment Austin received was appropriate, but systemic communication and coordination failures created avoidable …
45y · Female·Multiple blunt force injuries
A 45-year-old woman with acute psychotic illness attended Prince of Wales Hospital ED on 4 August 2020 after presenting to police with persecutory delusions. She was assessed by mental health and medical clinicians who a…
33y · Male·Opiate toxicity
A 33-year-old man with previously unrecognized obstructive sleep apnoea was admitted with severe headache. The treating physician prescribed a complex regimen of escalating opiate doses including both slow-release (MS Co…
75y · Female·Septicaemia (Staphylococcus aureus) with antecedent cause of septic arthritis
…s pending joint aspiration at Armidale Rural Referral Hospital. However, critical delays occurred: a non-emergency transport booking was made, then transferred to NSW Ambulance around 3.15pm. At 5.07pm, ambulance crew d…
42y · Female·pneumonia with diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of mixed drug toxicity (Ba…
Allyson Bailey, a 42-year-old woman with complex polysubstance use disorder and borderline personality disorder, died from pneumonia with diffuse alveolar damage complicated by mixed drug toxicity (baclofen and pregabali…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by hypothermia following prolonged exposure to extreme col…
Captain David Wood, an experienced helicopter pilot, fell into a concealed crevasse on the West Ice Shelf in Antarctica while conducting fuel cache operations. He was exposed to extreme cold (-14°C) and remained in the c…
16y · Female·acute abdominal obstruction secondary to adhesions associated with severe pelvic…
…nal people presenting with abdominal pain, and the need for improved access to sexual health testing and treatment in this high-risk population.
49y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a truck
…tate assessments, and officers' unfamiliarity with alternative mental health intervention options beyond emergency detention.
17y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage complicating partial pancreatectomy for traumatic pa…
Andrew Gilmore, a 17-year-old fit and well boy, suffered traumatic pancreatic rupture from a football injury on 9 May 2009. Distal pancreatectomy was performed at Alfred Hospital on 11 May. He was discharged to Hospital …
78y · Male·pneumonia with dehydration and exposure to heat as contributing factors
Peter Limbunya, a 78-year-old Aboriginal elder, died from pneumonia complicated by dehydration and exposure after being left unattended at a remote airstrip following hospital discharge. He was not accompanied by a requi…
10y · Female·Head injuries due to fall from a bunk bed
Elise Neville, aged 10, fell from a non-compliant bunk bed and sustained a head injury. At her first ED presentation to Caloundra Hospital at 3:25am, Dr D.—a junior house officer 19 hours into a 24-hour shift—failed to p…
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Matthew Francis Leach, a 50-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence, depression, and a history of suicide attempts, died by ligature hanging in his cell at Hakea Prison shortly after being sentenced to 12 month…
76y · Female·multiple organ failure due to abdominal wall cellulitis (surgically treated)
Mrs Crowther, a 76-year-old obese woman with multiple comorbidities in residential aged care, died from multiple organ failure secondary to abdominal wall cellulitis. A critical care failure occurred when an old dressing…
33y · Male·complications of acute peritonitis caused by rupture of a duodenal ulcer
Sony William Tran-Bui, aged 33, died from acute peritonitis caused by a ruptured duodenal ulcer while in custody at Silverwater Correctional Centre in November 2013. The death was not preventable given the sudden, unexpe…
22y · Male·Mixed Diflunisal and Buproprion (Zyban) toxicity
A 22-year-old man presented to Royal Adelaide Hospital's Emergency Department after taking approximately 110 Zyban (bupropion) tablets as a suicide attempt. Unknown to tre…
Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…
…e failed Ken; police search and rescue protocols were dangerously delayed (missing person not treated as emergency for 2+ days in 42°C heat); mental health services for Ryan and Cooper were reasonable but discharge plan…
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…
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