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0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
A three-day-old girl, Baby Kirat, died from global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury sustained during co-sleeping with her mother in a hospital maternity ward on 9 July 2013. She was resuscitated and transferred to NICU but…
18y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a setting of acquired brain injury from non-accidental h…
Jay Dion Sykes, aged 18, died from aspiration pneumonia in the setting of acquired brain injury sustained non-accidentally as an infant. He had severe cerebral palsy, tetraparesis, aphasia, visual impairment, intellectua…
39y · Female·smoke inhalation
Cheryl May Currie, 39, with complete paraplegia from a 1998 spinal cord injury, died from smoke inhalation in a bedroom fire on 12 June 2009. The fire was caused by smoking in bed. Investigation revealed critical systemi…
46y · Female·Cardiac arrest of unknown origin
Virginia Brown, a 46-year-old Aboriginal woman, died of cardiac arrest of unknown origin on 31 October 2014 while detained under a Mandatory Residential Treatment (MRT) order at CAAAPU (Central Australian Aboriginal Alco…
31y · Male·Hanging
Scott Matthew O'Connor, a 31-year-old male, died by suicide in the Maximum Security Unit of Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre on 22 January 2013. He had been assessed as high-risk for self-harm and placed on 30-minute ob…
35y · Male·Unascertained, following autopsy. Likely drowning but circumstances undetermined…
A 35-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence was admitted to the ED with acute alcohol withdrawal and auditory hallucinations. Despite presenting with objective signs of withdrawal (tremor, elevated BP, tachycardia,…
46y · Female·Multiple severe trauma suffered in a motor vehicle accident
A 46-year-old woman died in a head-on motor vehicle collision after her car drifted across the centre line on the Bass Highway. She had reported feeling tired earlier that morning and had intended to pull over to sleep. …
39y · Male·combined drug toxicity
Phillip Buckley, 39, died from combined drug toxicity involving oxycontin, diazepam, alcohol and venlafaxine. He had been prescribed high-dose oxycontin (40-80mg daily) and diazepam by his GP Dr C. for 12 years without c…
57y · Male·Head injury from fall; with coronary atherosclerosis and complete heart block wi…
A 57-year-old man with bipolar disorder died from head injury following a fall at Toowong Private Hospital. Critical failures in falls risk management were identified: no formal falls risk assessment was completed on adm…
32y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (codeine, methadone, alprazolam, diazepam) in a man with cor…
James Dougan, 32-year-old man with longstanding polysubstance abuse, died from mixed drug toxicity (codeine, methadone, alprazolam, diazepam) complicated by severe coronary artery atherosclerosis. He engaged in prescript…
34y · Male·mixed drug overdose (heroin, methadone, codeine, diazepam, nitrazepam, oxazepam …
34-year-old male with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence who overdosed following discharge from hospital. He was hospitalized on 22 September 2010 after police-observed overdose with altered consciousness.…
31y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 31-year-old man with depression, suicidal ideation, and recent HIV diagnosis presented to emergency department after suicide attempt (carbon monoxide inhalation and diazepam overdose). Despite psychiatrists identifying…
42y · Male·Hanging
A 42-year-old male prisoner with a history of alcohol dependence, PTSD, and epilepsy died by intentional hanging in Cessnock Correctional Centre. Mental health assessments on reception and during detention found no suici…
52y · Male·Multiple injuries and immersion leading to hypoxic brain injury and pneumonia
Male D, aged 52, died from multiple injuries and immersion leading to hypoxic brain injury and pneumonia sustained during an assault. The perpetrator, Y, was a patient with schizo-affective disorder admitted involuntaril…
30y · Male·Heroin toxicity
David D'Angelo, a 30-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and polysubstance dependence, was admitted to The Alfred Psychiatric Unit involuntarily on 24 March 2010 for psychotic relapse. His symptoms improved rapidl…
40y · Male·combined drug toxicity in a man with asthma (undiagnosed) and sleep apnoea
Anthony Travaglini, a 40-year-old with schizoaffective disorder, severe sleep apnoea, and undiagnosed asthma, died from combined drug toxicity on a psychiatric high-dependency unit. Critically, his earlier clinical recor…
55y · Male·Complications of fibrosing alveolitis
John Majinski, a 55-year-old prisoner with severe fibrosing alveolitis, pulmonary hypertension, diabetes, and recurrent infections, died from complications of his lung disease while incarcerated. He received intensive me…
44y · Female·Unascertained
A 44-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died at home with an unascertained cause in the setting of prescription medication use. She was a known 'doctor shopper' who obtained opioids from mu…
29y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity
Shane John Robinson, a 29-year-old prisoner with complex medical conditions including Crohn's disease, pulmonary embolism, anaemia and schizoaffective disorder, died from multiple drug toxicity in prison. He had been pre…
15y · Female·Seizure Disorder in association with Long Standing Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopa…
MKP was a 15-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy (GMFCS level 5) and long-standing hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy who died from a seizure disorder in her foster home on 26 December 2011. She had progressive respir…
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