6 results for “cricothyroidotomy”
39y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following surgery for dental…
…ning capnography. Significant time elapsed before this was confirmed. Dr T.'s subsequent attempts at cricothyroidotomy were unsuccessful. Only when senior ICU consultant Dr E. performed the emergency cricothyroidotomy w…
15y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest of unknown aetiology complicating hypoxic ischaemic enc…
…ritical hypoxia, attempting to stabilise him first. A surgical airway was eventually established via cricothyroidotomy. The coroner found that while early adrenaline dosing and earlier airway establishment would have gi…
28y · Male·asphyxiation following severe swelling to the larynx due to anaphylactoid reacti…
A 28-year-old Aboriginal male died from anaphylactoid reaction to Haemaccel, a plasma volume expander administered pre-hospital following a severe laceration to the radial artery. Initial management was appropriate, but …
20y · Female·food-induced anaphylaxis, likely to peanut allergen
…cluding oxygen, nebulised and intramuscular adrenaline, intravenous hydrocortisone, and an attempted cricothyroidotomy, Kylie died at 21:50. The coroner found the emergency treatment was competent and appropriate but id…
52y · Male·HIV infection complicated by basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and n…
Bruce Jason Garrett, a 52-year-old prisoner detained under the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act, died at Royal Perth Hospital on 2 October 2010 from HIV infection complicated by basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the hea…
32y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia caused by dynamic hyperinflation arising from comp…
A 32-year-old woman with Sponastrime Dysplasia (a rare genetic bone disorder) died during elective bariatric surgery. She had undiagnosed subglottic stenosis (airway narrowing) and tracheobronchomalacia. Critical clinica…
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