Coroner's Finding: Johnston, Trent Ian
Deceased
Trent Ian Johnston
Demographics
40y, male
Date of death
2021-11-09
Finding date
2025-06-10
Cause of death
aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam and paracetamol) and emphysema
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Trent Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, paracetamol), acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis and emphysema. He collapsed in a vehicle at a supermarket and was found with coffee-ground vomitus. Despite resuscitation and ICU support at North West Regional Hospital, he died with Glasgow Coma Scale 3 and severe metabolic acidosis. The coroner found no preventable factors or recommendations for improvement in clinical care. His death resulted from the combined effects of CNS-depressant drug levels in the fatal range and aspiration of gastric contents in the context of severe underlying organ disease from chronic substance abuse.
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Drugs involved
Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- mixed drug toxicity with codeine and morphine in fatal range
- aspiration of gastric contents
- advanced emphysema from smoking
- acute alcoholic hepatitis
- necrotising pancreatitis
- chronic substance abuse
- refusal to seek medical attention for abdominal pain prior to collapse
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