5 results for “pressure area breakdown”
22y · Female·unsurvivable head injury
A 22-year-old experienced stable worker and amateur rider died from unsurvivable head injuries sustained when thrown from a horse during track work. The horse suffered a catastrophic leg fracture at approximately 66 km/h…
72y · Female·Peritonitis due to perforated diverticulum in transverse colon
…teriorated markedly from approximately 22:00 hours on 6 February 2003, with progressively declining blood pressure (85/56 to 70/53) and hypoxia. However, these vital sign changes were attributed to mechanical dehydration…
Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run (suicide by train)
…o Logan Hospital mental health services. Liam Wright (19) was transferred from the secure Acute Observation Area (AOA) to an open ward on 14 July 2006 despite documented high suicide risk, repeated absconding attempts, a…
86y · Female·subdural haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a fall
Ms SME, an 86-year-old resident at a Blue Care nursing home, suffered a fatal subdural haemorrhage following a fall from bed during a sponge bath on 18 January 2016. She died on 21 January 2016. Clinical lessons include:…
74y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by train
A 74-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety and type 2 diabetes died by suicide after absconding from Fiona Stanley Hospital Emergency Department. She had been on extended psychiatric ad…
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