149 results for “acute agitation”
49y · Female·Hanging
…review in custody, and the limitations of risk assessment in newly incarcerated first-time offenders under acute psychological distress.
36y · Female·Global ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest in the immediate post…
…g or examination. When she lost consciousness getting out of the pool and subsequently deteriorated with agitation and shortness of breath, the midwives attributed this to anxiety rather than blood loss and delayed call…
47y · Female·serotonin syndrome due to combined toxicity of moclobemide and paroxetine
A 47-year-old woman with a long history of prescription drug abuse died from serotonin syndrome caused by combined toxicity of moclobemide (MAOI) and paroxetine (SSRI). She had experienced multiple previous overdoses and…
84y · Female·Complications associated with Diabetes Mellitus (likely hyperosmolar hyperglycae…
… facility after rapid deterioration from complex dementia and diabetes. On 10 November 2017, she developed acute semiconsciousness and agitation. The clinical nurse consultant (CNC) and GP initiated end-of-life palliati…
23y · Male·compression of the neck, secondary to coronary arteriosclerosis
Julian Arasina Lee, a 23-year-old man, died on 1 February 2003 during a restraint incident in the Mental Health Unit at Cairns Base Hospital. Admitted voluntarily after exhibiting marked behavioral changes, he became inc…
77y · Male·Hypothermia
Raymond Speechley, aged 77 with dementia, absconded from an aged care secure unit on 7 July 2016 and died from hypothermia in bushland. Critical systemic failures at the facility included: failure to identify him as an a…
29y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia
David Dungay, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, type 1 diabetes, and obesity, died on 29 December 2015 in Long Bay Hospital's Mental Health Unit while in custody. The immediate trigger was his refu…
26y · Female·meningococcal infection (Neisseria meningitidis W strain) causing septicaemia
Ashleigh Rebecca Hunter, a previously healthy 26-year-old, died from meningococcal septicaemia (W strain) within 3 hours of arriving at Royal Perth Hospital. She presented with severe generalised pain (10/10), tachycardi…
35y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest in the setting of acute agitation and physical and chem…
Hizir Ferman, aged 35, died at Middleton Prison following forcible extraction from his room by SESG officers using CS gas and physical restraint. He was held prone with hands cuffed behind him, a shield on his back, and …
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