11 results for “helicopter transfer”
23y · Female·complications of ruptured ectopic pregnancy with massive intra-abdominal haemorr…
A 23-year-old woman with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy at a rural hospital required urgent transfer to a tertiary centre. The initial response was classified as routine, and the first ambulance crew arrive…
23y · Male·blunt force head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race
…vely safe. The case highlights a critical delay in emergency aeromedical retrieval: the available Orange helicopter had insufficient flying hours remaining that day. This unavoidable delay meant ground transport to Dubbo…
42y · Male·Extensive blunt trauma injuries sustained during the course of rescuing an injur…
…horing and weight-bearing systems; radio communication failures; and deteriorating light conditions. The helicopter crew proceeded despite conditions exceeding operational limits. Wilson became disconnected from the resc…
Female·Coronary atherosclerosis with ischaemic small bowel and Alzheimer's disease
…nd lack of available ventilated ICU bed at Hervey Bay, she was deemed too high-risk for local surgery and transferred by helicopter to Nambour General Hospital. During flight, she vomited, aspirated, and deteriorated. Sh…
3y · Female·massive air embolism
Ruby Chen, 3 years old, died from massive air embolism during aeromedical transfer from Blackwater to Rockhampton Hospital. The fatal sequence occurred when a paramedic re-spiked a partial…
44y · Male·head and neck injuries with terminal palliative care
Trent Robertson, 44, died from severe head and neck injuries sustained in a high-speed motorcycle crash on 27 May 2018 after evading a brief police traffic stop. Police observed him speeding at 92 km/h in a 60 km/h zone,…
8y · Female·Chronic myocarditis subsequent to chemotherapy for sialoblastoma
…. Although she was triaged as category 4 rather than category 3, this minor delay did not affect outcome. Transfer to Royal Darwin Hospital was arranged promptly despite ad hoc helicopter evacuation procedures. Autopsy r…
49y · Male·bronchopneumonia
…sting evacuation. The Captain, despite crew concern and the deceased's deterioration, refused to arrange helicopter evacuation, believing the illness was minor and planning to wait until port arrival. By the time evacuat…
<1y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to an out of hospital cardiac arrest second…
A 10-month-old boy drowned in a backyard fishpond after a 27-minute period of inadequate supervision. He was found unresponsive by his aunt and underwent prolonged resuscitation, suffering severe hypoxic brain injury. De…
52y · Male·multiple injuries including right ventricular rupture
A 52-year-old volunteer race marshal was fatally struck by a detached Formula One race car wheel that passed through a gap in the debris fence at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. The wheel was travelling at…
16y · Male·mid-gut volvulus and bowel obstruction, leading to ischaemic bowel and related c…
Finlay Browne, a 16-year-old with Down syndrome, presented to Bathurst Base Hospital on 30 September 2016 with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Despite clear clinical signs—including a lactate of 7.2 mmol/L (grossly ab…
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