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18y · Male·Sodium nitrite toxicity
Nathan Greenwood, an 18-year-old with a history of anxiety and depression managed in primary care, died from sodium nitrite toxicity after intentionally consuming 30 grams of the substance. He had been under care at his …
20y · Male·sodium nitrite toxicity
A 20-year-old Indian international student died from sodium nitrite toxicity following intentional ingestion. He had relocated to Australia in 2019 for university studies and initially struggled with the transition to on…
36y · Male·Undetermined; three possible mechanisms identified: oversedation with vomiting a…
Jacob Kennedy, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with polysubstance use disorder and psychiatric illness, died on 4 February 2017 after 11 days as an involuntary inpatient at Frankston Hospital. He was administered multiple s…
48y · Female·Ischaemic bowel; coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus and Crohn's disease …
Ms Vicki Higgins, a 48-year-old woman with diabetes, Crohn's disease (with prior colectomy and ileostomy), and coronary artery disease, died from ischaemic bowel on day 17 of incarceration at Junee Correctional Centre du…
76y · Male·Terminal pancreatic cancer
76-year-old Robert Leonard Morris died from terminal pancreatic cancer while serving a custodial sentence at Port Phillip Prison. He had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma in December 2020 and comme…
43y · Male·Unascertained - attributed to metabolic/physiological derangement in context of …
Tai Van Tran, a 43-year-old man with daily heroin use, was arrested and remanded in police custody. He disclosed heroin use during intake assessment and was appropriately scheduled for medical review. On the following da…
62y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure in a man with Ischaemic and Hypertensive Heart Diseas…
Greg Howarth, a 62-year-old man incarcerated at Port Phillip Prison, died from congestive cardiac failure precipitated by acute myocardial infarction in the setting of ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He had met…
0y · Female·Fetal demise due to placental abruption and sepsis secondary to chorioamnionitis…
Ashlee Reindl died hours after birth in 2019 following a prolonged induction of labour complicated by fetal distress and chorioamnionitis. A catastrophic placental abruption occurred shortly before emergency caesarean se…
74y · Male·Aspiration of gastric contents due to paralytic ileus following Whipple surgery …
William Searle, a 74-year-old prisoner, died from aspiration of gastric contents following a Whipple procedure for recurrent ampullary adenoma. The clinical lessons involve recognition of gastroparesis risk in high-risk …
25y · Female·multiple injuries
A 25-year-old woman with newly diagnosed metastatic gastro-oesophageal cancer and depression died by suicide on hospital grounds. She was admitted on 30 January 2021 after imaging showed cancer progression. Her sister di…
34y · Female·Multi drug toxicity
Jodie Overstead, a 34-year-old with epilepsy, anxiety, and chronic pain, died from multi-drug toxicity involving tramadol, codeine, amitriptyline, benzodiazepines and other drugs. She engaged in 'doctor shopping', obtain…
43y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to out of hospital cardiac arrest due…
43-year-old woman with severe, undiscovered coronary artery atherosclerosis died from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest while in police custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. She had presented to ED 5 months earlier with leg…
46y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease
Frank Albert, a 46-year-old Aboriginal man, died from atherosclerotic heart disease while incarcerated at West Kimberley Regional Prison. Although his death was caused by severe coronary artery disease unrelated to medic…
85y · Male·cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension
An 85-year-old man died in custody from cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension. He was in the palliative care unit following an advanced care directive refusing resuscitation. He reported nausea and vomited around 8p…
76y · Male·Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in the setting of acute bronchopneumonia and ren…
Terence Michael Brooks, a 76-year-old man with dementia, vascular disease, and depression, died of streptococcal pneumoniae sepsis with acute bronchopneumonia and renal failure from obstructive uropathy at an aged care f…
37y · Female·complications of withdrawal from chronic opiate use and Wilkie Syndrome in the s…
Veronica Nelson, a 37-year-old Aboriginal woman with opioid dependence, was arrested on minor theft charges, remanded in custody following a bail hearing, and held at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) women's prison. She …
24y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height
SJ, a 24-year-old man with recently diagnosed Stage 4B non-Hodgkin lymphoma and pre-existing depression managed by Orygen Youth Health, died by suicide on 22 September 2016 by jumping from the seventh-floor rooftop garde…
75y · Male·Complications of multiple cardiac and respiratory comorbidities
A 75-year-old man with multiple cardiac and respiratory comorbidities died in prison from complications of his underlying conditions. He had pulmonary arterial hypertension, right ventricular failure, chronic lung diseas…
74y · Male·Pericarditis post aortic valve surgery with large pericardial effusion leading t…
Ian Dunlop, a 74-year-old man, died from pericarditis with large pericardial effusion and tamponade four days after aortic valve replacement surgery. Post-operative imaging showed a small pericardial effusion, considered…
76y · Male·Chest sepsis in a man with ischaemic heart disease
A 76-year-old man with multiple myeloma and complex medical history died from chest sepsis and myocardial infarction following a medication dispensing error. After discharge from hospital for spinal compression fractures…
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