The 85-year-old man was found unconscious on the ground beside his wheelchair at a regional Queensland facility in February last year.
The death of a Queensland aged care resident who was left alone in direct sun as temperatures reached 30 degrees was a preventable "tragedy", a coroner has found.
Paramedics who attended the facility attempted to cool him with ice packs and wet towels before he was taken to hospital.He was treated for significant hyperthermia and severe blistering and burns to his wrist and lower leg. He died several days later in hospital. His wife, who did not live at the facility, agreed it was "reasonable to support" his preferred movement and choices for his daily activities as this "engendered his purpose of life".
However, on that day the man was not seen between just before 10am and about 12:20pm, the investigation found. " am satisfied that the combined effect of these strategies will prevent a similar incident from occurring again in the future," she said.
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