166 results for “acute traumatic death”
45y · Male·Head injury from motor vehicle rollover
…tem revealed extensive skull fractures, rib fractures, internal injuries and aspiration. The coroner found death arose by accident. Police followed procedures they believed were correct at the time, though later clarifi…
16y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries from fall from height
A 16-year-old boy with depression and suicidal ideation was discharged from an inpatient adolescent mental health facility in Victoria after 20 days. Two days later, he died by suicide at a cliff location he had previous…
36y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy
…outside his home. He had a long-standing history of depression and anxiety, previous suicide attempts, and acute distress about potential custody. Police responded to a domestic violence complaint and a suicide concern …
74y · Female·Non traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage with further deterioration post medical …
…e deterioration following participation in the EVACUATE trial at Monash Medical Centre. She presented with acute right parietal intracerebral haemorrhage and was consented for trial-protocol minimally invasive endoscopi…
22y · Male·Hanging
A 22-year-old man with depression, alcohol addiction, and recent significant losses (parents, sister, friend) presented to Frankston ED on 14 January 2018 with active suicidal ideation and a specific plan to hang himself…
44y · Male·pneumonia (with multiple left-sided rib fractures as the antecedent cause)
… of septic shock (tachypnoea, hypoxia, hypotension, hypothermia, elevated lactate 12.7 mmol/L, leukopenia, acute kidney injury) but was managed on a trauma pathway focusing on traumatic injuries rather than the underlyi…
39y · Male·septicaemia following self-administered intravenous injection of faeces
A 39-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, personality disorder, and substance dependence died from septicaemia after self-injecting faeces into his vein while an involuntary mental health patient. He obtained a sy…
28y · Male·Brain death due to large right acute subdural haematoma sustained as a result of…
David Browne died from brain death due to a subdural haematoma sustained during a professional boxing match on 11 September 2015. The coroner…
Male·Drowning (Dr Xu); Undetermined - accidental drowning while intoxicated (Mr Davie…
…nd post-assault care was deficient. The coroner found the excessive service of alcohol was a cause of both deaths and identified inadequate compliance monitoring by liquor licensing authorities as enabling poor practice…
45y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methylamphetamine
…oroner found that an ambulance should have been called; this would more likely than not have prevented her death by removing her from the premises and ensuring medical assessment and appropriate care.
31y · Male·Hanging
31-year-old male with borderline personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and history of self-harm died by hanging. He had multiple presentations to emergency services and mental health services from March to July 202…
39y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, venlafaxine, alprazolam, pregabalin) with contribut…
…ts are critical safety measures; (5) medication administration should not proceed without consideration of acute changes in resident presentation. The facility had pre-existing medication management compliance breaches …
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 55-year-old woman with complex medical history including chronic pain, previous multiple abdominal surgeries, gastrointestinal disorders, mental health issues including DID, and suicidal ideation died from multiple dru…
73y · Male·Consequences of myocardial infarction with coronary artery atherosclerotic disea…
Leonard Bartholomeusz, aged 73, died of myocardial rupture on 6 May 2013, six days after hip fracture surgery. He suffered a fall on 30 April 2013 following which ECG testing revealed cardiac abnormality. A first ECG at …
43y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as consequence of, cardiac arrest of…
…ygen, appropriate airway support, and proper monitoring contributed to cardiac arrest and subsequent brain death. A senior paramedic's intervention to stop assessment-taking may have undermined junior team members. The …
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck
Fazel Chegeni Nejad, a 34-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, died from ligature compression of the neck in the jungle near Christmas Island immigration detention centre on 8 November 2015. He had spent 1,477 days in detenti…
27y · Female·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries
…r Robert Rickerby through multiple blunt force injuries on 6 November 2020. The autopsy revealed extensive acute, subacute and chronic injuries inconsistent with accidental trauma, indicating prolonged abuse. Jessica ha…
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…Hospital on 13 November 1998. He was admitted involuntarily after assaulting his brother and father whilst acutely psychotic. Despite appropriate antipsychotic medication and close observation during his 3-day admission…
64y · Male·Acute traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to single penetrating injury …
…, documented since 2000. Staff dismissed these threats as joking despite explicit warnings on the night of death. The death was preventable had staff: (1) taken the specific threat seriously and separated the men, (2) e…
91y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to inanition complicating prolonged delirium of uncertai…
…ly 2014. He had been admitted voluntarily and subsequently placed on mental health detention orders due to acute confusion and agitated behaviour. The critical clinical lesson is the need to investigate delirium urgentl…
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