A Victorian coroner will refer two Melbourne doctors to the health practitioner regulator after finding their actions contributed to the death of a mother who suffered an allergic reaction during a heart scan.
A Victorian coroner will refer two Melbourne doctors to the health practitioner regulator after finding their actions contributed to the death of a mother who suffered an allergic reaction during a heart scan.
Peta Hickey had no medical history of heart concerns when she agree to undergo a CT scan as part of a privately-funded workplace program to examine the heart health of its senior staff.
A Victorian coroner will refer two Melbourne doctors to the health practitioner regulator after finding their actions contributed to the death of a mother who suffered an allergic reaction during a heart scan.
Mum wasnât given adrenaline before she died A radiologist who didnât administer adrenaline to a woman who later died from an anaphylactic reaction to dye used in a heart scan has revealed why.
Health by WES HOSKING
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Subscriber only A radiologist says it was too hard to direct staff to give adrenaline to a mum suffering an anaphylactic reaction who later died. Dr Gavin Tseng told an inquest he was too busy trying to give Peta Hickey, 43, oxygen when she had a severe allergic reaction to dye used in a heart scan. He d directed staff at a Moonee Ponds clinic to administer diazepam and hydrocortisone intravenously but said teaching a more junior radiographer or medical assistant to inject adrenaline mid emergency was too complex because they d have to draw up a syringe and inject it into Ms Hickey s thigh.