33 results for “agitation and anxiety”
65y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia following emergency laparotomy for incarcerated umbilical h…
A 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability, congenital blindness, diabetes, and epilepsy presented with an incarcerated umbilical hernia requiring emergency surgery. Post-operative aspira…
48y · Male·Complications of an intra-cranial haemorrhage
Darren Collyer, a 48-year-old man with Sotos syndrome, intellectual disability, epilepsy and anxiety, lived in specialist disability accommodation (SDA) in Melton. On 14 December 2023, a new unfamilia…
36y · Male·Unknown – Open Finding
…nuary 1975 at age 36–37. The coroner established beyond reasonable doubt that he is deceased, though manner and cause remain undetermined. Key concerns include his documented agitation and depression in the days before …
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
…rome (ARDS) requiring ICU care with non-invasive ventilation. Critical failures occurred in managing his agitation and hypoxaemia on the evening of 3 July 2016. Although prescribed 1:1 nursing care criteria were met (re…
70y · Female·bronchopneumonia
…ged 70, died from bronchopneumonia while an involuntary inpatient at an aged psychiatry unit. She had longstanding anxiety, depression, and eating disorder with recent significant physical and mental health deterioratio…
62y · Female·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia
…ect to a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order. She presented with severe behavioural disturbance, agitation, and refusal of oral intake. Her care at both Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital …
49y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis due to coronary atherosclerosis
Brad Wilson, 49, collapsed and died from acute coronary thrombosis approximately 40 minutes after police arrest at a polling booth on 7 Se…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease complicating chronic obstructive airways disease
… while subject to an Inpatient Treatment Order at Flinders Medical Centre. He presented with acute delirium and agitation following a fall, requiring significant sedation. A MET call was made on 12 August 2016 when resp…
40y · Male·Toxic effects of a gas
…r-old former ADF member, died from toxic gas inhalation in his vehicle. He had struggled with depression, anxiety, and PTSD following service in the Solomon Islands where he witnessed a sexual assault. Despite treatment…
37y · Male·Unascertained (death in custody)
… condition was not communicated to attending paramedics or police. When the patient became acutely agitated and refused voluntary admission, both CAT team and ambulance paramedics declined to transport him, resulting in…
51y · Male·Hanging
Stephen Cartwright, a 51-year-old psychologist, was arrested for breach of bail and died by hanging in police custody at Christies Beach Police Station. He displayed multiple risk factors inc…
45y · Female·Drowning whilst inebriated (ethanol)
…t her home in Kilmore East, Victoria. She had a complex history of mental illness (psychosis, depression, anxiety, PTSD), substance abuse, and was in a relationship with controlling and abusive dynamics. Following a det…
53y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
A 53-year-old woman with severe depression, anxiety, and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a psychiatric hospital's low-dependency unit. She had rece…
24y · Male·Combination of factors including methylamphetamine toxicity, physical exertion, …
…ug offences. He was acutely intoxicated with high-concentration methylamphetamine, obese with sleep apnoea, and became violently resistant during detention. Officers used standard restraint techniques including a figure…
52y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage in a lady with underlying cerebrovascular disease and …
…is. Post-operatively she developed escalating blood pressure readings (160–220 mmHg), headaches, nausea, agitation, and abnormal behaviour over 6–7 April. Despite a critical BP spike of 220/110 and multiple concerning o…
55y · Female·Unascertained
Elizabeth Ewart, aged 55, died at The Melbourne Clinic on 27 February 2017. She had bipolar disorder, anxiety and schizoaffective disorder. After administering PRN Olanzapine 2.5mg at 4:35pm for agitation, Nurse Coo…
22y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy due to suffocation
…ocation in a Casuarina Prison cell on 25 August 1999. Rapley was a prisoner with a history of depression, anxiety, and past self-harm attempts, though he was inconsistent in reporting these to authorities. He was return…
28y · Male·Hanging
…sing a ligature made from blanket binding. He was admitted involuntarily after expressing suicidal ideation and paracetamol overdose. The coroner found three key deficiencies causally related to his death: (1) access to…
43y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as consequence of, cardiac arrest of…
A 43-year-old man with methamphetamine toxicity was restrained by police and given two doses of droperidol by paramedics who failed to recognize he was critically unwell. The first dos…
69y · Female·Asphyxiation consistent with hanging
A 69-year-old woman admitted to Hornsby Hospital with seizures and subacute encephalopathy developed rapidly fluctuating mental state including anxiety, depression, suicidal …
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