16 results for “airway obstruction removal”
1y · Male·hypoxic brain damage due to laryngeal obstruction from foreign body (metal screw…
…ics arrived within 6 minutes but struggled to visualize and remove the screw due to blood and vomit in the airway. An intensive care paramedic arrived and successfully removed the screw via laryngoscopy with Magill's for…
59y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction
Glenda Rae Field, aged 59, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus while eating dinner at her aged care facility. She was a resident at Clearview M…
77y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and cerebral infarction due to upper airway obs…
A 77-year-old man with advanced dementia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy caused by upper airway obstruction from a handkerchief. An agency carer placed a handkerchief in his breast pocket during morning…
39y · Male·Positional asphyxia in a setting of intoxication and minor head injury
…g the club, he fell and was found with his head wedged against the wall in a position that compromised his airway. Over six minutes elapsed before emergency services determined he needed repositioning due to airway obstr…
68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…
A 68-year-old man with dysphagia and bipolar disorder died from airway obstruction and aspiration pneumonia after choking on a sandwich brought by his wife during a supervised h…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
… dispatcher delayed recognition of cardiac arrest. Paramedics initially failed to visualise and remove the airway obstruction due to inexperience with laryngoscopy and faulty equipment; a critical care paramedic removed …
27y · Male·Loss of airway control and blockage due to aspiration from complications of a sm…
Dr R., a 27-year-old physician with cystic fibrosis, died from aspiration and airway blockage secondary to a small bowel obstruction whilst under dual respiratory-surgical care at Westmead Ho…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in setting of acute…
…, and dysphagia, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute upper airway obstruction from a food bolus. During a community outing, despite having a detailed Mealtime Management Pl…
37y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to airway obstruction
Jayson Peter Hawkins, 37 years old, died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to airway obstruction while on remand at Melbourne Assessment Prison in December 2009. He died by asphyxiation using…
20y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to displacement of tracheostomy and p…
…ame dislodged. Clinical staff performed unnecessary bronchoscopy, misinterpreting findings as a partial obstruction rather than recognising complete dislodgement. Critically, the tube should have been removed and replac…
55y · Female·asphyxia due to choking on food (steak)
…proximately 6 minutes gaining access to the locked facility, during which critical early resuscitation and airway clearance could not occur. The coroner found that earlier access might have enabled survival. The delay re…
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
…sessment of her complex medication regimen. While eating a sandwich, she choked on food, suffered complete airway obstruction, and despite immediate resuscitation efforts including manual clearance and CPR, sustained sev…
Female·Coronary atherosclerosis with ischaemic small bowel and Alzheimer's disease
…nd laxatives, she was discharged then readmitted when symptoms persisted. At Hervey Bay Hospital, bowel obstruction was confirmed. Due to elevated lactate on arterial blood gas and lack of available ventilated ICU bed a…
59y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…t precautions or order comprehensive assessment. At lunch, he aspirated a large meat mass causing complete airway obstruction. Although emergency response was timely, MET arrival was delayed five minutes due to distance …
30y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury and bronchopneumonia following PEA arrest in a …
A 30-year-old woman with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe treatment-resistant epilepsy, died following cardiac arrest at a disability residential care facility. She was found entangled in a swing seat armrest on 7 April…
31y · Male·positional asphyxia due to synthetic cannabis use and obesity
…topsy revealed positional asphyxia—Kronic induces immobilization ('stuck'), preventing movement to relieve airway obstruction while lying face-down. Additionally, crime scene contamination by prison staff compromised inv…
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