“In his short tenure there, he lived in Geary Hall and, as we hear it, was not only the life of the party but made everyone feel welcome and better for knowing him. Patrick loved snowboarding, music and basketball and was “beyond excited” to attend Penn State, his obituary read. An autopsy revealed that Patrick died from a saddle pulmonary embolism, according to the lawsuit.
He died at Mount Nittany Medical Center, about 30 minutes after the ambulance was called. Roderick Cross - also listed as a defendant along with Koch, the Mount Nittany Health System and Centre Emergency Medical Associates - signed off on Koch’s assessments.įour days later, Patrick told his resident assistant that he was “experiencing right thigh pain” that he thought was a blood clot and the RA called an ambulance. Koch ordered an ultrasound of his “lower right extremity,” and discharged him after diagnosing him with pain in the right leg, the lawsuit states. The lawsuit alleges that a physician’s assistant in the hospital’s emergency department, Brooke Koch, documented that she examined Patrick’s left buttock, not his right, where he had cited he was experiencing pain. He had been prescribed a blood thinner but was not taking it as frequently as prescribed. Because of a history of blood clots and a protein C deficiency that increases the risk of blood clots, Patrick was concerned he could have a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or a blood clot in the lower body, the lawsuit states. 26, 2021, Patrick sought medical assistance at the Mount Nittany Medical Center Emergency Department, citing pain in his right buttock. The father of a Penn State student who died just before the start of his freshman year filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Mount Nittany Health and providers his family believes led to the 19-year-old’s wrongful death.Īccording to the 19-page lawsuit, Sean Tomany of Glastonbury, Connecticut, filed the suit on behalf of his son, Patrick, who died in 2021.
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