14y · Male·complications of cerebral arterial gas embolism due to SCUBA incident
… retrieved from the water, but treatment was severely compromised by multiple preventable factors: no 100% oxygen was available on the dive boat; he received inadequate oxygen therapy in hospital (less than 40% inspired …
22y · Male·drowning secondary to incapacitation from air embolism
…the diver was pulled to surface. While survival chances were remote given the 5-6 hour transport time to hyperbaric treatment, the absence of retrieval procedures and rescue diver protocols represented a failure to compl…
28y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis complicating lipo…
Lauren Edgar, a 28-year-old woman, died of multi-organ failure from Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis (gas gangrene) following a liposuction procedure performed by Dr K. on 5 March 2008. She presented to hospital on 8 …
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