20 results for “choking on food bolus”
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…
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…
72y · Male·Choking on a food bolus
A 72-year-old man with vascular dementia, stroke history, and dysphagia died from choking on food while being fed by a nurse in aged care. The coroner found the death was preventable due to staff…
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…
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating acute upper airway obstruction by …
…lectual disability, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to acute airway obstruction from a food bolus. He choked while eating unsupervised at a group home on 24 November 2017. Multiple preventable failur…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating acute upper airway obstruction by …
…autism, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following airway obstruction by food bolus. He choked on toast at breakfast despite direct supervision and prior speech pathology assessment rec…
59y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction
…nda 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 Manor, a locked care f…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in setting of acute…
…m 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 Plan requiring close superv…
68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…
…r-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 hospital meal. He had been admitted with worsening …
54y · Female·choking on a food bolus in a woman with an intellectual disability and other med…
Tracie Lyndal Markwick, a 54-year-old woman with intellectual disability and dysphagia, died from choking on food at her day placement centre. She had a documented mealtime management plan indicating mild-to-mod…
42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…
…y potential. Treatment was withdrawn on 4 August 2010. The coroner found she died from complications of the food bolus obstruction.
43y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus
FVH, aged 43, died from aspiration of a food bolus while dining at a restaurant on 1 November 2025. FVH had Astrom Syndrome, a lifelong condition causin…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
…ain injury and intellectual disability died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following aspiration of a food bolus during lunch at his disability care residence. The carer appropriately called 000 and commenced CPR, …
52y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…th Dunster, a 52-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and cognitive decline, died from asphyxia due to choking on food at Millbrook Rise Rehabilitation Centre. He had a documented, well-known choking risk due to his …
59y · Male·Choking asphyxia
…ith intellectual disability, dementia, Fragile X Syndrome, and Chromosome 18 Deletion Syndrome, died from choking asphyxia at a residential care facility. He had a prior choking incident in 2019 with recommendations for…
53y · Male·Choking on food bolus in pharynx, with Huntington's disease and coronary atheros…
…rd, aged 53 with Huntington's disease causing cognitive impairment and swallowing difficulties, died from choking on a bread sandwich while unsupervised in his aged care room. His care plan specified minced moist diet w…
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…
43y · Female·choking on a food bolus
Joanne Callahan, a 43-year-old woman with intellectual disability and autism, died from choking on a food bolus while attending a disability day program. Critical failures in communication between her …
89y · Male·Complications of choking on a food bolus in a man with multiple medical comorbid…
Maurice Benedict Costello, 89, died from aspiration of a food bolus while eating on a geriatric ward three days after a fall. He had documented oropharyngeal dysphagia r…
45y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus, with cerebral palsy as contributing factor
Stuart Wills, a 45-year-old man with cerebral palsy and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration of a food bolus while receiving meal assistance at a supported accommodation facility. Prior to his death, a speech p…
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