15 results for “cardiac massage”
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
…ble condition with no immediate need for surgery. However, approximately 6 hours later he suffered sudden cardiac collapse. Emergency thoracotomy revealed severe lung contusion from blast injury (not direct penetration)…
55y · Male·ruptured dissection of the thoracic aorta
Tien Chung Nguyen, a 55-year-old male prisoner, died from rupture of a thoracic aortic dissection during emergency surgery at Royal Perth Hospital. He presented with chest pain and dyspnoea at Wooroloo Prison on 26 Novem…
0y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (no legal death of person found; coroner declin…
…esponsive at delivery. Resuscitation was attempted but the infant exhibited no spontaneous vital signs—no cardiac output, no brain function, no respiratory effort, and no response to medications (adrenaline, bicarbonate…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
Michael Jonson, age 48, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on the Melba Highway near Vasey Houghton Bridge when a trailer being towed by another vehicle detached and crossed into his path.…
0y · Male·Perinatal asphyxia
Noah Cheron-Duncan, a full-term neonate born at Sandringham Hospital on 19 November 2014, died from perinatal asphyxia. Labour was uncomplicated and FHR monitoring appeared reassuring, but no foetal heart rate was detect…
44y · Male·gunshot wound to abdomen
…caused ongoing bleeding that packing and embolisation could not control; and the severity and duration of cardiac arrest (approximately 1 hour) made survival highly unlikely (1-5% estimated). Hospital policies were subs…
0y · Female·Intra-uterine hypoxia
Baby Paula O'Shea was born at Sandringham Hospital at term following spontaneous labour. Labour was augmented with IV Syntocinon after ARM. Cardiotocography (CTG) monitoring was difficult to interpret due to poor detecti…
52y · Female·laceration of the superior vena cava and right atrium during defibrillator lead …
…he laser sheath cut through the vessel wall, causing a large laceration. This led to massive bleeding and cardiac tamponade. Despite emergency sternotomy, the patient died from exsanguination approximately 40 minutes af…
0y · Female·bronchopneumonia caused by hypoxic brain damage caused or contributed to by meni…
A 9-month-old Aboriginal girl died from bronchopneumonia caused by hypoxic brain damage following cardiorespiratory arrest due to meningitis and seizures. During resuscitation at a rural GP clinic, a CO₂ cylinder was ina…
0y · Male·Intrapartum hypoxia due to true knot in umbilical cord with cord wrapped three t…
Tyler Reading-Adams died at 95 minutes old from intrapartum hypoxia caused by a true knot in his umbilical cord wrapped three times around his neck. The mother presented at 40 weeks 6 days gestation with spontaneous rupt…
20y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
A 20-year-old man with borderline personality disorder, who had made over 25 suicide attempts in the two years prior, died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police encounter. He had called mental health services an…
Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from intra-uterine asphyxia (causative factors unas…
…Syntocinon. He was stillborn with Apgar scores of 0/0/1, requiring 12 minutes of resuscitation to achieve cardiac output. He died 7 hours later from hypoxic brain injury due to intra-uterine asphyxia. Clinical issues in…
13y · Female·Pneumonia, due to or as a consequence of Hypoxic Brain Damage, due to or as a co…
Amanda Helen Boyce, aged 13, drowned in a spa pool at a resort after her long hair became entrapped in the pump suction system. She was submerged for an estimated 10-20 minutes before being freed. Despite immediate CPR a…
8y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy resulting from asphyxiation due to co-sleeping …
Nathaniel West, an 8-day-old Aboriginal newborn, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following accidental asphyxiation due to co-sleeping (bed-sharing) with his mother at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital on 4 May 2006…
36y · Female·Global ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest in the immediate post…
Caroline Lovell, 36, died from postpartum haemorrhage following home birth of her second child. She had significant risk factors: prior PPH with first child and uterine fibroid, but these were not properly investigated b…
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