366 results for “psychiatric admission assessment”
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
…male with bipolar affective disorder and suspected frontotemporal dementia, admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital, choked on bread while eating breakfast unattended and suffered a cardiac arrest. Despite resu…
73y · Male·Infectious Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease with the Contribu…
…tructive airways disease and Lewy body dementia, was admitted to hospital on 6 January 2021 following a psychiatric incident and was found to have pneumonia and severe infection. He died the following day. Clinical less…
20y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…with self-harm and active suicidal ideation with a stated plan. Despite appropriate initial medical and psychiatric assessment, he was placed in a noisy, inappropriate ED overflow area while awaiting a voluntary mental …
69y · Female·Asphyxiation consistent with hanging
…patient's highly changeable mood as a major suicide risk factor and made no documented plan for ongoing psychiatric supervision or review—instead making assumptions about staff oversight; (2) an Individual Patient Speci…
58y · Male·Cardiomegaly and severe single vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis in a man w…
David John McLeod, a 58-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit on 21 August 2012 following mental health deterioration. He presented with signs of infe…
58y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, venlafaxine, quetiapine, propra…
…conded from his supported residential service and was found deceased. The coroner found Austin Health's psychiatric assessment and management suboptimal, highlighting failures to: utilise relapse prevention plans, antic…
27y · Male·HEAD INJURY SUSTAINED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION (PEDESTRIAN)
…7, with paranoid schizophrenia and command hallucinations, was admitted to the Low Dependency Unit of a psychiatric hospital despite expressing intent to jump from a moving car and requesting High Dependency placement. …
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
…th 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 including regular ps…
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
…6, nine days after absconding from Fremantle Hospital's Alma Street Clinic where she was an involuntary psychiatric patient. She had been admitted on 3 April 2006 with psychosis secondary to substance abuse. On 10 April…
63y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic denervation atrophy due to peripheral neuropa…
…e. He was admitted to hospital with progressive restrictive lung disease and muscle weakness. During his admission, he expressed suicidal ideation, underwent psychiatric assessment, and was managed with appropriate end-…
28y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
…d prisoner with a serious psychotic condition and documented suicide risk, was discharged from the Acute Assessment Unit on 7 May 2010 with an S3 (potential) risk rating after psychiatric assessment. Despite subsequent r…
39y · Male·cardiomegaly
…detention was lawful and appropriate, and that his sudden collapse could not have been foreseen. Medical assessment on admission included ECG showing sinus tachycardia attributed to dehydration, chest X-ray, and bloods. …
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
QBT, a 64-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including schizophrenia, COPD, and hypertension, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital on an Assessm…
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
…ia and chronic suicide risk, was admitted involuntarily to Frankston Hospital on 29 March 2007. Despite psychiatric team awareness of her vulnerability and previous suicide attempt, she died on 1 May 2007 from asphyxiat…
18y · Male·Multiple injuries due to impact by train
Travis McNees, 18-year-old male, died by suicide on 4 October 2010 after absconding from Upton House psychiatric unit. He presented to ED on 29 September with paracetamol/panadeine overdose following relationship bre…
17y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries after being struck by a train
17-year-old X died by suicide on 18 December 2012 after being struck by a train. She received multiple psychiatric admissions and CAMHS outpatient care from July-December 2012 for suicidal ideation, overdose attempts, …
37y · Male·Neck compression and the complications thereof
Simon Mackay, age 37, was admitted as an involuntary psychiatric patient on 12 July 2022 for acute methamphetamine-induced psychosis with paranoia and aggression, compl…
Multiple - hanging (2), unknown/unascertainable (1), multiple injuries from fall…
Five patients of Alma Street Centre's psychiatric unit died within 12 months (2011-2012). Three died by suicide within 24 hours of discharge; one disappe…
85y · Male·Probable pneumonia following a hip fracture (comminuted fracture of right acetab…
…(RFC) mental health facility on 13 June 2013 under Mental Health Act provisions for management of acute psychiatric symptoms including agitation, confusion, and suicidal ideation. While at RFC, he fell from bed on 7 Jul…
51y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 51-year-old man on remand in prison died by hanging in his cell. He had a psychiatric history including depression and a family history of suicide, but showed no signs of self-harm risk dur…
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