397 results for “asphyxia”
6y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia
HC was a neonate who died at 6 days old from global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia. He was born following an emergency caesarean section for obstructed labour and fetal distress. Key clini…
12y · Female·Crush Asphyxia with Vomit Aspiration
…vate property near Baldivis, Western Australia. Tarah was trapped beneath the vehicle and died from crush asphyxia complicated by vomit aspiration. The coroner found that multiple unsafe factors combined to cause the acc…
19y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia
A 19-year-old university student died by plastic bag asphyxia with helium gas. He had returned from Thailand in January 2014 reporting excessive groin sweating, which …
Traumatic asphyxia as a result of being buried by soil and a steel beam followin…
…llapsed during excavation work, causing him to be buried by soil and a steel beam. He died from traumatic asphyxia. The coroner found the death resulted from an unsupported trench wall that lacked adequate shoring, bench…
20y · Female·Asphyxia secondary to inhalation of helium
Lauren Pilkington, a 20-year-old postgraduate student, died by asphyxia from helium inhalation. She had a history of anxiety and previous suicide attempt, and was recently disch…
38y · Male·Combined effects of methylamphetamine toxicity, violent struggle, and positional…
…police custody after methamphetamine intoxication, violent police restraint at McDonald's, and positional asphyxia at Bowral Police Station. He had schizophrenia and was on a Community Treatment Order. After a relapse, h…
66y · Male·unascertained (differential diagnosis: chronic alcoholism with alcohol withdrawa…
Colin Norman, a 66-year-old man with significant disability from traumatic brain injury, chronic alcoholism and liver cirrhosis, died at home after failing to receive essential disability support services over a weekend.…
35y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia
Travis Glen Perrin, aged 35, died by plastic bag asphyxia while on home detention bail with electronic monitoring following arrest for a child sex offence. He had …
38y · Male·Multiorgan failure following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a man with methyl…
…s high cardiac arrest risk; physical restraint intensifies physiological stress; indicators of positional asphyxia overlap with delirium signs, creating diagnostic difficulty; midazolam was appropriately indicated. Coron…
0y · Male·severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to apparent perinatal asphyxia
Baby B suffered severe perinatal asphyxia during a planned home birth and died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. An obstetrician recommended h…
33y · Female·Methylamphetamine intoxication leading to agitated delirium and extreme exertion…
… restrained her gently to prevent further harm, and placed her in recovery position to prevent positional asphyxia. Despite immediate ambulance request and CPR, she died from methylamphetamine and exertion-induced cardia…
84y · Female·Positional asphyxia due to head and neck entrapment between mattress and bed pol…
Barbara Westcott, aged 84, died of positional asphyxia on 31 March 2012 when her head and neck became trapped between her mattress and a bed pole at Vaucluse Ga…
2y · Male·Perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia and subsequent multi-organ failure
…6 weeks gestation following maternal ante-partum haemorrhage and abnormal CTG traces, died from perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia and multi-organ failure at 3 days old. Critical clinical lessons emerged regar…
49y · Female·strangulation
…essure to her neck using a ligature (dress) for an extended period (likely over 60 seconds) during erotic asphyxiation. Although Ms Zhang had consented to some neck pressure for sexual stimulation, the degree of force ap…
0y · Male·suffocation due to overlay by a sleeping adult
A 59-day-old premature infant died from suffocation due to overlay by a sleeping parent. The infant was placed on a mattress next to the parent's cot after refusing to settle in his own cot. Despite the parent's attempt …
46y · Male·Combined effects of helium toxicity and plastic bag asphyxia
A 46-year-old man died by suicide using helium inhalation and plastic bag asphyxia. He had a history of suicide attempt in November 2020, was referred to psychology and prescribed antidepr…
57y · Female·Positional asphyxia caused by the combined effect of consumption of several opia…
57-year-old woman with chronic pain died from positional asphyxia caused by consumption of multiple sedative medications. She was prescribed opioids (Fentanyl, Oxycodone) …
32y · Male·Asphyxia in a man with Friedreich's Ataxia due to positional asphyxia; unable to…
Leslie Troy Ovens, a 32-year-old man with progressive Friedreich's Ataxia, died from positional asphyxia after falling from his wheelchair. He had deteriorated significantly after hospitalisation in June 2013 a…
52y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Kenneth Dunster, a 52-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and cognitive decline, died from asphyxia due to choking on food at Millbrook Rise Rehabilitation Centre. He had a documented, well-known choking r…
85y · Female·Asphyxia due to upper airways obstruction by mucoid plugging of the upper airway…
Betty Cliffe, 85-year-old with intellectual disability and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from asphyxia due to upper airway mucoid plugging on a background of cardiomegaly and heart failure. She was admitted t…
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