Coronial

4 results for abdominal packing

TAShospital2024-06-21

Coroner's Finding: de-identified BP

16y · Male·transection of the liver and laceration of the inferior vena cava sustained in a…

…or drugs involved. Key clinical lesson: the injury pattern demonstrates the lethal consequences of blunt abdominal trauma with major vascular injury.

trauma surgeryemergency medicine
VIChospital2016-04-14

Finding into death of Kelly Maree Richards

29y · Female·Exsanguination post tubal ligation procedure

…r insertion. The surgeon appropriately converted to open laparotomy and attempted haemorrhage control via packing, consistent with surgical guidelines. However, Mrs Richards' condition became irreversible within 30-60 m…

general surgerygynaecologyproceduralcommunicationpacked red blood cells
WAhospital2019-05-13

Inquest into the Death of Daniel Josef ADWENT

44y · Male·gunshot wound to abdomen

…ded essential expertise; the deceased's unrecognized inferior vena cava tear caused ongoing bleeding that packing and embolisation could not control; and the severity and duration of cardiac arrest (approximately 1 hour…

emergency medicinegeneral surgerycommunicationdelay
NSWhospital2025-02-28

Inquest into the death of Heather Winchester

75y · Female·multiple organ failure due to severe anaemia secondary to blood loss post electi…

A 75-year-old woman died from multiple organ failure due to severe anaemia after elective hysterectomy surgery. Critical failures occurred: the surgical and anaesthetic teams held conflicting understandings about whether…

gynaecologyanaesthesiacommunicationsystem

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