14 results for “foreign body airway obstruction”
1y · Male·hypoxic brain damage due to laryngeal obstruction from foreign body (metal screw…
…ics arrived within 6 minutes but struggled to visualize and remove the screw due to blood and vomit in the airway. An intensive care paramedic arrived and successfully removed the screw via laryngoscopy with Magill's for…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
… dispatcher delayed recognition of cardiac arrest. Paramedics initially failed to visualise and remove the airway obstruction due to inexperience with laryngoscopy and faulty equipment; a critical care paramedic removed …
77y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and cerebral infarction due to upper airway obs…
A 77-year-old man with advanced dementia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy caused by upper airway obstruction from a handkerchief. An agency carer placed a handkerchief in his breast pocket during morning…
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-moderate cho…
89y · Female·Acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus
An 89-year-old woman with dementia died from acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus while being fed lunch at an aged care facility. CCTV footage revealed significan…
34y · Male·Foreign body aspiration
A 34-year-old man died by foreign body aspiration while in custody at a correctional centre, three days after arrest for a serious violent …
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in setting of acute…
…, and dysphagia, died from 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 Pl…
16y · Female·upper airway occlusion due to aspiration of a foreign body (disposable latex glo…
Sophia Nisco, a 16-year-old with severe cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from airway obstruction after aspirating a disposable latex glove at a respite care facility. She had documented oral …
57y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to prolonged downtime due to upper ai…
…ectual disability and a documented history of choking died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following airway obstruction by food at a day activities program. Despite having a choking management plan in place since 2…
41y · Male·sympathomimetic syndrome
Andrew Berry, a 41-year-old man with a long history of methamphetamine use and criminal offending, died of sympathomimetic syndrome following arrest by police on 14 January 2020. He was arrested after attempting to break…
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a m…
31-year-old Darren Culleton died from hypoxic brain injury after choking on the hood of his coveralls while in police custody. He had presented to St Vincent's Hospital with acute intoxication and self-harm behavior (att…
94y · Male·blunt head and neck trauma with associated haemorrhage; neck trauma included fra…
… Mr McCulloch was left unattended for ~53 minutes; (4) vital signs were never checked to confirm death; (5) body was found with foreign material in airways and was subsequently interfered with (pillow placed over face); …
42y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome con…
Bridie Gilligan, 42, with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, intellectual disability, and dysphagia, choked on a Yumbo burger in her Supported Independent Living accommodation on 29 April 2021, suffering fatal hypoxic brain inj…
13y · Female·Pneumonia, due to or as a consequence of Hypoxic Brain Damage, due to or as a co…
… point covers exceeded safe flow velocities by 469%, a diving goggle was trapped under a cover creating obstruction, and the outlet pipe was partially crushed. The coroner found the death was preventable had the facilit…
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