72 results for “aspiration choking”
57y · Male·Aspiration of gastric content (due to choking on food)
…Down syndrome and intellectual disability living in a Department of Human Services group home, died from aspiration of gastric content. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia, epilepsy, and a history of chest infections. While e…
51y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
…r swallowing ability presented to hospital with a cough and was admitted on 15 December 2017, following a choking incident at her group home. She died on 23 December 2017 from aspiration pneumonia. The Disability Servic…
3y · Unknown·hypoxic brain injury as a result of asphyxia from choking on a rubber ball
… ball at home. The ball was purchased online for his upcoming birthday party and arrived with appropriate choking hazard warnings for children under 3 years. Despite his mother's immediate intervention including CPR and…
21y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome as a con…
…l Syndrome causing intellectual disability and developmental delays, died from hypoxic brain injury after choking on a Jaffa lolly while being driven in a minibus by a disability support worker. Critical clinical lesson…
19y · Male·aspiration of latex glove; intellectual disability
Daniel Pelka, a 19-year-old with severe intellectual and physical disability, died from aspiration of a latex glove whilst attending a disability day care centre. He had known propensity to place objects…
42y · Female·Choking on a food bolus
Deva Frijlink, aged 42 years with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder, died from choking on a food bolus during a supervised mealtime excursion. She was under the care of a support worker at a s…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonitis with contributing conditions of ischaemic gut, dysphagia …
…aster, 63, a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, blindness and hearing impairment, died of aspiration pneumonitis following admission to hospital with a choking episode, vomiting, lethargy and abdominal dis…
67y · Female·choking and ischaemic heart disease
Patricia Ann Fidge, 67, died at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital from choking and ischaemic heart disease. She was admitted with delirium, hypernatremia, and multiple comorbidities in…
95y · Female·asphyxia due to glottic obstruction by food
…on rings. Care staff did not verify dietary requirements despite seeing inappropriate food textures. When choking began, the registered nurse incorrectly attributed coughing to chest infection rather than recognised cho…
Unknown·Choking; Mr Gesios: large bolus of bread and scrambled eggs causing complete air…
Two aged care residents died from choking on bread despite being prescribed minced and moist diets that prohibited regular bread. Mr Gesios was fed…
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
Anna Maria Cameron, a 65-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from aspiration choking while eating on a psychiatric ward. She had been recently transferred to a rehabilitation unit f…
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating inanition of dementia
Arthur Smith, an 80-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by inanition (malnutrition/dehydration) at an aged care facility. He had cognitive…
72y · Male·asphyxia due to upper airway obstruction due to choking on food
A 72-year-old man with acquired brain injury, seizure disorder, and dysphasia died from asphyxia due to choking on food while eating eggs and ham on toast at a disability care facility. He had no documented swallowing…
80y · Female·Acute upper airway obstruction secondary to aspiration of food bolus
Beatrice Ivy Brown, aged 80, died at an aged care facility from acute upper airway obstruction and aspiration of a food bolus following a choking episode. Clinical lessons include: (1) documentation of prior chokin…
81y · Female·Complications of choking on a food bolus in a woman with dementia
Dorothy May Nelson, an 81-year-old woman with dementia, died from complications of choking on a food bolus at an aged care facility. She was served diced beef in casserole (approximately 4cm bolus…
56y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bolus
…a separate unit while two disability support workers prepared meals in another unit. A resident found her choking and had to seek help. Although staff commenced CPR immediately upon discovery, the prolonged anoxia resul…
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
…a and hypoxic brain injury. The coroner found the death was accidental and supervision was reasonable, as choking was not identified as a risk despite a previous episode of dysphagia documented four months earlier that …
39y · Male·Choking on a food bolus
Mark Capovilla, a 39-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from choking on food at his day program. He had a documented choking risk but lacked a current mealtime support plan a…
69y · Female·Respiratory obstruction by aspirated food (Brussels sprout, chicken and carrots)…
…vising meals alone), lack of speech pathology assessment despite risk factors, failure to use appropriate choking management techniques (lateral chest thrusts), and non-functional oxygen equipment. The home subsequently…
64y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and its complications following cardiac arrest …
…died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest due to upper airway obstruction after choking on a peanut butter sandwich. A speech pathologist had recommended supervised oral intake and 20-minute po…
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