Coroner's Finding: RA - deidentified

41y · Male·Stab wound to the abdomen

A 41-year-old man died from a stab wound to the abdomen sustained during an altercation at a service station. He suffered a single penetrating injury to the left abdomen adjacent to the umbilicus, causing haemoperitoneum and injuries to small and large bowel, mesentery, inferior vena cava and common iliac artery. Despite emergency laparotomy and surgical repair, he suffered cardiac arrest from hypovolemic shock and could not be resuscitated. This is not a medical case involving clinical error, diagnostic failure, or healthcare system failure. The death resulted from criminal violence and does not present clinical lessons for healthcare practitioners.