144 results for “resuscitation attempts”
68y · Female·Anaphylactoid reaction to intravenous CT scan contrast medium leading to cardior…
…st injection triggered a severe anaphylactoid reaction with bronchospasm and cardiorespiratory arrest. Resuscitation was suboptimal: adrenaline administration was delayed when it should have been given immediately as th…
65y · Female·Unascertained
…viduals with progressive conditions to clarify end-of-life preferences and potentially avoid traumatic resuscitation attempts.
8y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic asthma
…n transferred to Hobart or Melbourne ICU 48 hours earlier when failing to respond to standard therapy. Resuscitation attempts were substandard. Death was entirely avoidable through appropriate severity assessment, under…
87y · Female·Pulmonary artery rupture complicating pulmonary artery catheter insertion in a w…
…n her oral cavity—a known clinical sign of PAC-related pulmonary artery injury. Despite intubation and resuscitation attempts, she developed massive pulmonary haemorrhage, hypoxia, and cardiac arrest. An intra-aortic ba…
41y · Male·Cardiomyopathy in a setting of acute abdomen
…cause. He suffered cardiopulmonary arrest, was resuscitated and intubated but aspirated during intubation attempts. His condition deteriorated despite ICU care. The coroner found death resulted from cardiomyopathy in the…
30y · Male·atherosclerotic coronary artery disease
…ed appropriate care for his pre-existing conditions while in custody and identified no inadequacies in resuscitation attempts. The degree of coronary disease in a relatively young man suggests possible genetic predispos…
61y · Female·Complications of Down's syndrome, epilepsy and advanced dementia
…7 May 2024 providing medication updates. On 9 May 2024, she collapsed suddenly with cyanosis; despite CPR attempts, she died. Autopsy showed no clear cardiac cause, with aspirated material likely secondary to resuscitati…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (brain damage) sustained during and just after …
…idelines on non-hospital births; (2) when a patient refuses appropriate care despite warnings, documented attempts at re-engagement after new adverse findings (like transverse lie at term) are essential; (3) system failu…
76y · Male·Upper airway obstruction by food bolus in a man with ischaemic heart disease
… barbecue, he was observed shoveling food rapidly, then choked and collapsed. Despite immediate family resuscitation attempts and paramedic intervention including MICA attendance, airway obstruction could not be cleared…
37y · Male·water intoxication and olanzapine toxicity in association with schizophrenia
…n of psychogenic polydipsia (excessive water drinking), not yet well-recognised in custodial settings. Resuscitation attempts were hampered by excessive pulmonary fluid. The coroner found no causative failures in medica…
29y · Male·drowning
…ve. He was pulled into deep water by a rip current and, despite bystander rescue efforts and paramedic resuscitation attempts lasting 30 minutes, could not be revived. Post-mortem examination revealed drowning as cause,…
55y · Female·ischaemic heart disease complicated by epilepsy, asthma and schizophrenia
…order. On the morning of admission, she deteriorated with altered consciousness and was transferred to resuscitation. Despite investigations (CT brain, ECG, chest X-ray, blood tests) being unremarkable, she was admitted…
25y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic-ischaemic encep…
…ntal health and substance abuse problems, did not engage with drug rehabilitation offers despite multiple attempts, and consumed illicit drugs voluntarily outside the mental health system. The coroner made no findings of…
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…n October 2016. She had a longstanding history of serious mental illness with multiple documented suicide attempts and police welfare checks in the months preceding her death. After calling a counsellor from Rural Alive …
3y · Male·smothering
… was inadequate. The child's mother had a six-year history of severe mental illness with previous suicide attempts, had discontinued lithium against medical advice, and was reviewed by her psychiatrist on 28 January 1998…
29y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
… He immediately left the unit and went to his mother's residence where emergency services were called. Resuscitation attempts including CPR, intravenous and intra-osseous access were unsuccessful. Death resulted from hy…
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
… promptly called emergency services and initiated CPR. Paramedics arrived within minutes and continued resuscitation attempts without success. The coroner found no deficit of care. Death was natural and likely inevitabl…
46y · Male·Coronary artery disease
… appropriate emergency response protocols in custodial settings and the importance of recognizing when resuscitation attempts are futile to protect staff wellbeing.
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
…n prone, police handcuffed him, and he was found unresponsive. Paramedics and hospital staff attempted resuscitation without success. The coroner found restraint did not cause asphyxiation and force was reasonable. Deat…
76y · Male·out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a man with coronary artery atherosclerosis and…
…dial infarction (2013). He was found unresponsive in his cell on 22 October 2023 and despite immediate resuscitation attempts by prison staff, paramedics, and hospital staff, could not be revived. The coroner's review f…
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