31 results for “pulseless electrical activity”
77y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
… 10mg/1ml), was under time pressure, and worked without peer verification. The patient deteriorated into pulseless electrical activity requiring CPR and intubation, but could not be resuscitated. Post-mortem toxicology …
47y · Male·Drug toxicity in the setting of restraint
Robert Ferrier, aged 47, died from drug toxicity in the setting of restraint after ingesting excessive quantities of prescription antidepressants and other medications during a mental health crisis. The expert panel conc…
20y · Male·stab injury to the back
A 20-year-old male died from exsanguination due to a stab wound to the back sustained during an organised group fight. The injury penetrated the lung and involved medium calibre pulmonary vessels. Despite immediate emerg…
50y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in high-speed motorcycle crash
Donald Ward, aged 50, died from multiple injuries sustained in a high-speed motorcycle crash on 4 March 2023 in Karratha, WA. Ward left a nightclub intoxicated with alcohol (BAC 0.186%) and cannabis, obscured his number …
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
Sean Raymond Adams, 51-year-old male with complex cardiac history including corrected coarctation of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, presented to Alfred Hospital ED with chest pain and dyspnoea.…
1y · Female·acute on chronic respiratory failure
Kara Compton, aged 22 months with Down's syndrome and chronic respiratory disease requiring home oxygen, died from acute on chronic respiratory failure following a dog bite attack. Injuries caused blood loss which, combi…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
A 59-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days after returning from a UK holiday, he fell in a bathroom at his group home. He was f…
43y · Male·Unascertained - attributed to metabolic/physiological derangement in context of …
Tai Van Tran, a 43-year-old man with daily heroin use, was arrested and remanded in police custody. He disclosed heroin use during intake assessment and was appropriately scheduled for medical review. On the following da…
76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis
Pasquale Esposito, age 76, died in custody at Lyell McEwin Hospital from combined acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis. He had extensive cardiac history including prior MI, CABG, COPD, and recent stent placement. On…
56y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following insulin and benzodiazepine overdose
A 56-year-old man with depression, known to close friends but not formally disclosed to healthcare providers, deliberately ingested temazepam tablets accumulated over time and insulin stolen from his mother on 10-11 Nove…
71y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease
Raymond O'Brien, a 71-year-old forensic patient with a history of ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia, was admitted to hospital with chest pain in August 2013. Initial diagnosis of non-ST elevation a…
41y · Male·undetermined
Vaughan Weston Williamson, 41, died at Glenside Hospital while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Despite post-mortem examination including specialist neuropathological …
18y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (passenger)
An 18-year-old female died from injuries sustained as a passenger in a motor vehicle collision on a poorly maintained road. The vehicle struck a pothole in a wet road surface, causing loss of control and collision with o…
30y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury and bronchopneumonia following PEA arrest in a …
A 30-year-old woman with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe treatment-resistant epilepsy, died following cardiac arrest at a disability residential care facility. She was found entangled in a swing seat armrest on 7 April…
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury
David Leslie Chapman, age 39, collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose in Richmond on 9 June 2016 and died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury on 17 June 2016. He had a lengthy history of heroin use, mental health cond…
43y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia (unascertained), probably fatal cardiac dysrhythmia
A 43-year-old woman collapsed at home and was found in cardiac arrest after 20-25 minutes. Ambulance arrived and recognised ventricular fibrillation but failed to defibrillate for approximately 20 minutes, despite protoc…
68y · Female·Acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 68-year-old woman presented to St Vincent's Hospital emergency department with upper abdominal and left-sided chest pain following a stationary bicycle fall. Clinicians attributed her symptoms to codeine adverse reacti…
91y · Male·Complications following cardiac arrest in the setting of anaesthetic induction d…
A 91-year-old man with COPD, asthma, and previous cardiac arrest from suxamethonium died from complications following anaphylaxis to rocuronium during anaesthetic induction for emergency small bowel obstruction surgery. …
38y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombi
A 38-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder, and asthma presented to the emergency department with presumed pneumonia based on fever, pleuritic chest pain, and respiratory symptoms. His general pra…
57y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating acute asthma
A 57-year-old man with asthma and hay fever died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following an acute asthma exacerbation during Melbourne's November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event. The deceased was outdoors during the…
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