671 results for “cardiac resuscitation”
68y · Male·Sudden cardiac death due to congestive cardiac failure and chronic obstructive p…
Wayne Victor Rouse, 68, died from sudden cardiac death at a residential aged care facility when CPR was not provided despite his active resuscitation orde…
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…
75y · Female·cardiac arrest in the context of aortic stenosis (moderate to severe), coronary …
A 75-year-old woman with significant cardiac history (aortic stenosis, coronary artery disease, left ventricular hypertrophy) underwent elective ankle…
84y · Male·lower respiratory tract infection complicating congestive cardiac failure
Harold Leslie McInerney, 84, died from lower respiratory tract infection complicating congestive cardiac failure while detained under the Mental Health Act at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was admitted for bleed…
50y · Male·Cardiomegaly and ischaemic coronary artery disease
A 50-year-old man with significant cardiac risk factors (family history of heart disease, prior coronary stent, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholest…
55y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
…osclerosis while incarcerated. He had suffered a myocardial infarction at age 32 and subsequently refused cardiac medications despite medical advice, a decision consistent throughout his life. At autopsy, extensive athe…
51y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage following head and chest injuries sustained in a …
… on 7 April 2016. He suddenly veered off the Midlands Highway near Bagdad, Tasmania, after experiencing a cardiac arrhythmia secondary to left ventricular hypertrophy or possible hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The coroner…
48y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease
…heart disease (90-95% left anterior descending coronary artery narrowing). He had family history of early cardiac disease, prior borderline QTc prolongation on ECG, asthma, schizophrenia, and poly-substance abuse histor…
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…
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…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
…n prone, police handcuffed him, and he was found unresponsive. Paramedics and hospital staff attempted resuscitation without success. The coroner found restraint did not cause asphyxiation and force was reasonable. Deat…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
…multiple falls, grappling holds, and apparent bear-hug and full-Nelson manoeuvres, the man collapsed with cardiac arrest within minutes. He had severe coronary atherosclerosis with multiple blocked coronary vessels and …
39y · Male·cardiomegaly
… managed with antipsychotics and was morbidly obese (BMI 46). His death was unexpected as he had no prior cardiac diagnosis. The coroner found his detention was lawful and appropriate, and that his sudden collapse could…
4y · Female·Immersion (drowning)
…he pool through windows from an armchair approximately 18 metres away with partially obstructed views. Resuscitation was commenced immediately by Mrs Parr (a registered nurse) and neighbours, continued by ambulance offi…
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
… paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive airways disease died from hypoxic encephalopathy following myocardial in…
16y · Female·Myocardial fibrosis (post myocarditic) resulting in fatal cardiac arrhythmia
…ore paramedic arrival. Despite 90 minutes of CPR, adrenaline, atropine, sodium bicarbonate and fluids, resuscitation was unsuccessful. The coroner found no evidence that increased ambulance staffing would have changed t…
50y · Male·Ischaemic and valvular heart disease (severe aortic stenosis) with other signifi…
…ns, electing comfort care only. He experienced a further MI four days before death and signed an Acute Resuscitation Plan declining resuscitation. Clinical review found his care was appropriate and met community standar…
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
…heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy, died from acute myocardial infarction or fatal cardiac arrhythmia at a specialist disability accommodation facility. He reported chest symptoms (dyspnoea, palpi…
82y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy resulting from coronary atherosclerosis (with previous …
An 82-year-old man with longstanding cardiac disease and renal failure died in custody from acute heart failure. He had been imprisoned for 3 years wi…
58y · Female·pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury
A 58-year-old woman with autism and severe intellectual disability died from pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest. She had been institutionalised at G…
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