13 results for “intramuscular injection of olanzapine”
64y · Female·fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a lady with obstructed sleep apnoea, obesity and suf…
…ed to an aged-care psychiatric ward (Banksia Ward) the following afternoon. At 3.10 pm she received an intramuscular olanzapine injection to manage extreme agitation and refusal of care. She appeared to settle and fell …
62y · Male·multiple co-morbidities including dementia, Parkinson's disease, undernourishmen…
…d. During acute agitation management, he was mistakenly given 2.5mg midazolam intravenously instead of intramuscularly due to miscommunication between Dr C. and RN Louise Copeland. Although the dose was within recommend…
45y · Male·Stab wound to the chest, self-inflicted
… Community Treatment Order. He was discharged on a complex medication regime requiring fortnightly depot injections at a general practice in George Town, a significant change from his 15-year pattern of receiving medica…
61y · Male·Undetermined
Gerard Guy Vaz, a 61-year-old man with bipolar disorder, obstructive sleep apnoea, and renal impairment, was admitted to Maroondah Hospital on 2 April 2015 with acute manic relapse with psychosis. He was administered zuc…
32y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia
…He was subject to concurrent bail conditions and a Community Treatment Order requiring depot risperidone injections and forensic counselling. Smith rejected his mental illness diagnosis, refused antipsychotic medication…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint
…ealth unit. Critical failures occurred at multiple levels: (1) the decision to acutely sedate him with intramuscular lorazepam was not clinically warranted—he was calm and not aggressive; (2) the restraint was poorly pl…
33y · Male·methylamphetamine toxicity; antecedent causes being the physiological effects of…
A 33-year-old man with methamphetamine addiction and possible schizophrenia attended the ED seeking help while acutely intoxicated, psychotic and sleep-deprived. After initially agreeing to medication, he attempted to le…
Multiple stab wounds to chest (David Gerard: stab wound to chest piercing heart;…
Joint inquest into two homicides by individuals with schizophrenia who were managed by mental health services. Anthony Butler stabbed David Gerard in 2001 after being discharged from Glenside Hospital without Community T…
35y · Male·Sudden death during restraint in an agitated obese man with coronary artery athe…
Justin Fraser, a 35-year-old man with first-episode psychosis admitted to Frankston Hospital psychiatric unit, was found attempting suicide by hanging and subsequently became agitated. Security and AMT staff physically r…
28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint in the foyer of the Acute Mental…
…ital, he became agitated and was restrained prone for over 30 minutes while receiving two rapid doses of olanzapine (contrary to guidelines requiring 2-hour intervals) and later midazolam. Combined effects of prolonged r…
40y · Male·respiratory failure due to Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Michael Cockburn, a 40-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and documented severe adverse reactions to antipsychotic medications, was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital from psychiatric detention for anae…
39y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac arrest
Bradley Karl Coolwell, a 39-year-old Indigenous Australian with schizo-affective disorder and significant comorbidities (obesity, respiratory infection, diabetes), presented to Logan Hospital after police noted concernin…
43y · Male·Hanging
…11 November 2018. He was placed on an Assessment Order, secluded, physically restrained and sedated with olanzapine after escalating behaviour at lunchtime. He was discharged the following afternoon with limited discharg…
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