171 results for “severe shock”
98y · Female·Sepsis due to sacral pressure ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis against a backg…
…equate wound review frequency given severity, absence of pain assessment and management despite documented severe pain, and insufficient general practitioner involvement during terminal decline. Earlier antibiotic treatm…
48y · Male·Acute cardiac dysrhythmia of unknown cause; acute alcohol toxicity was a signifi…
Mark Corbett, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man, died from acute cardiac dysrhythmia while in police protective custody in Tennant Creek. He was apprehended twice for public intoxication on 10 July 2002. After leaving a sober…
35y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolus and pulmonary infarction
…n presented to Royal Women's Hospital Emergency Care on 3 September 2012 with chest and rib pain following severe vomiting. Dr M., a junior resident working alone overnight, assessed her as musculoskeletal pain and disch…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
Gerard Helliar, a 62-year-old man with severe bipolar affective disorder, died from hanging in Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 16 November 2012 a…
38y · Female·complications following a ruptured ectopic pregnancy
…er 2008 from complications of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. She presented to Cobram District Hospital with severe pain and was diagnosed with a possible ectopic pregnancy requiring urgent transfer to Goulburn Valley Hosp…
55y · Male·Staphylococcal sepsis, complications of pressure sores and hypostatic pneumonia,…
Stephen Summers, a 55-year-old man with cerebral palsy and profound disability, died from Staphylococcal sepsis after rapid deterioration following deinstitutionalisation from Kew Cottages to community residential accomm…
8y · Male·ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction secondary to congeni…
An eight-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder (level 1) died from ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction from a rare congenital band adhesion. He presented to a regional hospital with abdominal…
44y · Female·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured splenic subcapsular haematoma in the setting of …
…e was discharged from hospital on 20 June after imaging did not reveal a ruptured spleen. That evening, in severe pain and distress, she called 000. An ambulance was initially dispatched as Code 1 (lights and sirens) but…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
Julieka Dhu, a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman, died on 4 August 2014 from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a rib fracture sustained in April 2014. She was detained in police custody on…
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by semi-trailer at level crossing
In 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line train at the Kerang level crossing in regional Victoria, killing 11 train passengers. The driver, Christian Scholl, did not see the flashing red-filtered incandescent lights…
8y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train at level…
…passenger train at the Kerang level crossing in regional Victoria, killing 11 train passengers and causing severe injuries. This comprehensive coronial investigation examined three areas: (1) the driver and vehicle facto…
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