59y · Male·Respiratory failure with paraplegia as a significant contributing factor
Michael Ruawai Robin, a 59-year-old man with paraplegia and incomplete quadriplegia (C4-C6), died from respiratory failure at Werribee Mercy Hospital on 22 June 2023. He prese…
54y · Female·complications related to post-polio syndrome and chronic respiratory weakness; n…
Gabriele Hannemann, a 54-year-old woman with severe post-polio quadriplegia and chronic respiratory failure, died suddenly at home during consensual sexual activity. She had sever…
31y · Male·sepsis due to urosepsis and pneumonia on a background of C3 incomplete tetrapleg…
…inn, a 31-year-old quadriplegic inmate, died from sepsis secondary to urosepsis and pneumonia. He had C3 incomplete tetraplegia from a self-inflicted stab wound in 2013 and was serving a 20-year sentence. An independent …
40y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection in a man with cerebral palsy and congenit…
Benjamin Suggate, a 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy, congenital brain malformation, quadriplegia and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications of I…
63y · Male·Sepsis in a man with complicated peripheral vascular disease
Hong Tay, a 63-year-old man with extensive peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, and prior amputations, died from sepsis in an aged care facility following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a fall. After conservati…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with cerebral palsy as a contributing factor
…ied that staff had not received formal training in his mealtime assistance plan, a falls risk review was incomplete, and mealtime support was not consistently compliant with his plan. These issues were addressed through …
61y · Male·urosepsis in the setting of chronic suprapubic catheterisation in a man with con…
Wayne Daniel Holland, aged 61, died from urosepsis related to chronic suprapubic catheterisation. He had significant disability from congenital rubella and lived in specialist disability accommodation. He presented to ho…
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating neck injuries sustained in a fall, with Coffin-Low…
…cation and knowledge gaps: disability workers lacked detailed condition information, paramedics received incomplete handover, and radiologists missed the unstable fracture.
71y · Female·Complications of cerebral palsy
Lorraine Earl, aged 71, died from complications of cerebral palsy at Wantirna Hospital following a palliative care pathway initiated after severe dysphagia developed during a hospital admission. The Disability Services C…
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