96
Total cases
54%
Preventable or possibly preventable
66%
With coroner recommendations
36%
Escalation failure identified
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54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for the management of sep…
Christopher McIntosh, a 54-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, died from respiratory failure secondary to sepsis originating from an infected foot ulcer while incarcerated at Hopkins Correctional Centre. The coroner found…
54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for management of sepsis …
Christopher McIntosh, a 54-year-old man with Type II diabetes and chronic foot ulcers, died from respiratory failure secondary to sepsis arising from an infected foot ulcer requiring above-knee amputation. He was incarce…
79y · Male·Complications of peripheral vascular disease with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, atri…
John Reginald Wright, a 79-year-old remand prisoner, died from complications of peripheral vascular disease with diabetes, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and delirium. He was transferred to Princess Alexandra Hospit…
41y · Female·multiple stab wounds to the neck
This inquest examined the death of Prabha Arunkumar, a 41-year-old computer programmer who died from multiple stab wounds to the neck sustained during an attack in Parramatta Park on 7 March 2015. She was transported to …
71y · Male·Subdural haemorrhage on a background of an unwitnessed fall and anticoagulation …
A 71-year-old man with diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and osteomyelitis presented with fever and hypoglycaemia. He met Red Zone sepsis criteria (lactate 4.5mmol/L) but antibiotics were significantly delayed—ceftriaxon…
93y · Female·acute right lower limb ischaemia
Adelina Zito, a 93-year-old resident of an aged care facility, died from acute limb ischaemia after a 6-7 day delay in escalating her care. She developed right leg pain around 26-28 July 2022 that worsened despite parace…