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13y · Male·Epileptic seizure with aspiration
Child L, a 13-year-old boy with autism, cognitive impairment and poorly controlled generalised epilepsy, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with aspiration. His seizures remained refractory despite app…
52y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver) in a man with a…
A 52-year-old man with epilepsy died in a motor vehicle collision when his car struck a parked truck at high speed with no evidence of braking. Witness accounts and collision reconstruction suggested he experienced a sei…
22y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
22-year-old woman with epilepsy, cognitive disability and schizophrenia died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) during respite care. She experienced a nocturnal seizure while sleeping at a disability support …
56y · Male·unascertained; presumed suicide by unknown means
Gerald Vanderwerf, a 56-year-old man with a 40-year history of severe depression, suicidal ideation, and multiple suicide attempts, disappeared from the Grampian Ranges on 23 September 2016. The coroner found on the bala…
34y · Male·sudden unexpected death in a person with epilepsy (SUDEP)
Samuel Anthony Plummer, aged 34, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) at his assisted living residence. He had longstanding epilepsy managed with sodium valproate and lamotrigine, with his last major sei…
45y · Male·Complications of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Colin Vivian Cannon, a 45-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome living in residential care, was found unresponsive and died from complications of his severe epilepsy. His seizures had increased in frequency and sever…
56y · Female·asthma
Maria Valler, a 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability and autism who was living in Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supported accommodation, died from acute asthma while returning from a walking ex…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, nordiazep…
A 48-year-old woman with epilepsy, depression, anxiety and documented drug dependence died from combined toxicity of oxycodone, benzodiazepines, amitriptyline and other drugs. Over 12 months pre-death, she obtained medic…
55y · Male·Complications of right middle cerebral artery infarction
Simon Mark Everill, a 55-year-old man with intellectual disability and epilepsy, suffered a right middle cerebral artery infarction on 3 September 2014 after experiencing two falls during a day service activity. His symp…
15y · Female·Seizure disorder (epilepsy) with associated vomit aspiration; Sudden Unexpected …
A 15-year-old girl with refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability died from a seizure with vomit aspiration at a special needs holiday camp on the second night of attendance. She had known epilepsy managed with mul…
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…
45y · Female·terminal epileptic seizure
Annalies Malm, a 45-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disability, and epilepsy, died from a terminal epileptic seizure with aspiration pneumonia. She received incorrect medication on 7 May 2012 by a…
Unknown·suicide by hanging or other means
Six young people aged 12-17 years died by suicide between 2010-2014 in Tasmania. All had significant mental health issues, trauma histories, and contact with child protection services or schools. The coroner identified s…
33y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
A 33-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder and chronic suicidality died by suicide after stepping in front of a train on 6 October 2009. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient at Northpark Private Hospital des…
32y · Female·Alcoholic ketoacidosis
Tamara Burt, 32, died of alcoholic ketoacidosis after isolating in her room and drinking excessively. She had bipolar affective disorder, alcohol dependence disorder, and borderline personality disorder traits. Despite o…
53y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propranolol and insulin)
A 53-year-old registered nurse with longstanding depression, anxiety and benzodiazepine dependency died from combined drug toxicity (propranolol and insulin) in what was determined to be an intentional overdose. Ms Webst…
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Joseph Micallef, a 55-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in high care accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had longstanding dysphagia related to his cerebral palsy, which had caused multipl…
66y · Male·Undetermined - natural causes; likely sudden cardiac arrhythmia
Colin Toogood, a 66-year-old man with a long history of intellectual disability, epilepsy, brain injury, and remote stroke, died suddenly while using the toilet in residential care. He complained of neck soreness before …
29y · Female·Multiple Drug Toxicity (Lamotrigine, Doxylamine, Venlafaxine, Valproic Acid, Cod…
A 29-year-old woman with personality disorders and depression called Perth Clinic at 11:11pm reporting she had overdosed on multiple medications (lamotrigine, doxylamine, venlafaxine, valproic acid, codeine, morphine). S…
15y · Male·Cerebral ischaemia in a young man with a blocked ventricular peritoneal shunt an…
Vaughn Richard Rasmussen, a 15-year-old boy with congenital abnormalities and a ventricular-peritoneal (VP) shunt, died from cerebral ischaemia caused by acute blockage of his VP shunt on 17 November 2009. Between 12-16 …
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