4y · Male·hypoxic brain injury complicating out of hospital cardiac arrest (unknown cause)
… resuscitation, he suffered hypoxic brain injury and died. The precipitating cause of his out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remained unknown despite thorough investigation. Clinical lessons include: the importance of timel…
57y · Female·right bronchopneumonia following hypoxic brain damage secondary to cardiac arres…
…diabetes was admitted to a psychiatric ward after detention under the Mental Health Act. She was found in cardiac arrest on 8 December 2001 and suffered severe hypoxic brain injury, dying from bronchopneumonia. While hy…
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 September 2013. He had severe pre-existing triple-vessel coronary atherosclerosis,…
58y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest due to cardiomegaly
…pm. He received Olanzapine 5mg at 5:10pm and Clonazepam 1mg at 7:50pm and again at 12:58am. He suffered a cardiac arrest at approximately 5:25am on 29 July 2006. Post-mortem examination revealed cardiomegaly as the unde…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode
Michael Adams, aged 62 with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode at a supported residential facility. During escalating psychotic be…
63y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes. Cardiac arrest with secondary hypoxic-ischaemic …
…propriate care including psychiatric reviews, a CT brain scan, and septic screen, he suffered unexplained cardiac arrest on 29 March 2024 while on the inpatient unit. Autopsy revealed hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy se…
25y · Female·severe coronary atherosclerosis
…nd known smoking, presented to Cherbourg Hospital twice in the week before her death. She died from acute cardiac arrest following sexual intercourse. Her partner attempted to access the emergency department but was ini…
27y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamin…
A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use died from hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamine toxicity. He engaged in a 3-day drug binge and presented to the …
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
…tember 2020 and was appropriately hospitalised on 29 September. Clinically, she deteriorated rapidly with cardiac arrest on 30 September, was resuscitated and intubated, but her condition proved irreversible. The corone…
49y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction with …
… Brown, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with right coronary artery thrombosis while in psychiatric care…
76y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosis and ischaemic coronary a…
…cular disease including cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosis, and ischaemic coronary artery disease, died of cardiac arrest in custody. The autopsy showed chronic structural heart disease sufficient to cause spontaneous le…
75y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to Lewy body dementia
Beverley Dawn Coppin, aged 75, died of cardiac arrest in the context of Lewy body dementia. The coroner found no public interest in investigating the ci…
43y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia (unascertained), probably fatal cardiac dysrhythmia
A 43-year-old woman collapsed at home and was found in cardiac arrest after 20-25 minutes. Ambulance arrived and recognised ventricular fibrillation but failed to defib…
42y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy; cardiac arrest; cardiomegaly
…2-year-old man with schizophrenia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at a mental health community care unit. He had been admitted voluntarily for alcohol rehabilitatio…
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
Sean Raymond Adams, 51-year-old male with complex cardiac history including corrected coarctation of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, pres…
36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…
… intoxication was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia. Autopsy revealed sev…
52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…
…ogram, a known complication of antipsychotic use. After experiencing dizziness and collapse, she suffered cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She developed refractory seizures and hypoxic brain injur…
43y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to out of hospital cardiac arrest due…
43-year-old woman with severe, undiscovered coronary artery atherosclerosis died from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest while in police custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. She had presented to ED 5 months earlier wit…
50y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
… 50-year-old Aboriginal man with severe ischaemic heart disease and poor medication compliance, died of a cardiac arrhythmia during his arrest by South Australian Police. He was highly intoxicated (BAC 0.25%) and cannab…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…ssessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen desaturation and suffered a cardiac arrest on 15 June 2004, requiring resuscitation. Emergency laparotomy revealed ischaemic sigmoid colon wh…
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