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42y · Female·Drowning due to combined drug (tramadol, venlafaxine, diazepam, quetiapine and c…
A 42-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and emphysema died by drowning while scuba diving in shallow water after a 3-year hiatus from diving. She was taking multiple CNS-depressant medications (tramadol,…
41y · Female·salt water drowning
Ms Ardebby Chua, a 41-year-old woman with no snorkelling experience, died from salt water drowning during a guided snorkelling tour near Blyth Island, South Australia. She aspirated water triggering laryngospasm and beca…
49y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia due to cardiac arrest and drowning, with bilateral bronc…
Mark Murphy, an experienced diver with 657 logged dives, died during an occupational diving course when his full face mask became accidentally dislodged underwater, resulting in sudden cold-water exposure. This triggered…
39y · Male·Drowning
Logan Saminathan, a 39-year-old beginner scuba diver, drowned at Mornington Pier during an open water training dive. The precise underwater events remain unclear, but he surfaced unconscious without his mask. Expert anal…
40y · Female·Drowning
Leonie Hanson, an experienced diving instructor, drowned at Mornington Pier while attempting to rescue a student, Logan Saminathan, who surfaced unconscious during an open water training dive. The student likely panicked…
49y · Male·drowning combined with head trauma
Eric Fillisch, an experienced 49-year-old rebreather diver, died from drowning following head trauma sustained in an underwater cave at Visscher Island, Tasmania. While exploring a fissure cave after his dive partner sur…
21y · Female·drowning
Bethany Farrell, a 21-year-old UK tourist on her first scuba dive, became separated from her instructor in poor visibility (3m) at Blue Pearl Bay. She surfaced in distress for 40+ seconds but was not seen by the designat…
68y · Male·drowning against a background of cardiomegaly and severe coronary artery calcifi…
Eric Finlayson, a 68-year-old UK tourist, died by drowning on 9 October 2012 while snorkelling at Michaelmas Cay on the Great Barrier Reef. He had undiagnosed cardiomegaly and severe coronary atherosclerosis. The coroner…
23y · Female·drowning due to or as a consequence of scuba diving
Ms Xia Dai, a 23-year-old first-time scuba diver with no ocean swimming experience, died by drowning during a resort dive on the Gold Coast. Critical clinical/safety lessons: inadequate pre-dive instruction on emergency …
45y · Male·Fulminant cardio-pulmonary decompression sickness incidental to deep water techn…
Dr B., a 45-year-old experienced recreational diver with multiple medical conditions including obesity, hypertension, Conn's syndrome, and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died from fulminant cardio-pulmonary decompressi…
47y · Male·Myocardial ischaemia as a result of undiagnosed coronary artery disease; cerebra…
Thomas Creegan, a 47-year-old UK tourist, died during a second introductory resort dive at the Great Barrier Reef after becoming separated from his instructor and ascending rapidly to the surface. He lost consciousness s…
55y · Male·Ascent barotrauma resulting in cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) and drownin…
A 55-year-old man with undiagnosed viral myocarditis and cardiomegaly died from cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during a scuba dive at 37 metres depth. Despite being advised by his cardiologist not to dive, he igno…
58y · Male·salt water drowning following air embolism due to ascent barotrauma
A 58-year-old male experienced cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during recreational scuba diving ascent, resulting in drowning. Pleural adhesions from prior motor vehicle accident restricted lung expansion during as…
44y · Female·salt water drowning due to ascent barotrauma (cerebral arterial gas embolism)
Jennifer Lee Barrington, age 44, died from salt water drowning due to ascent barotrauma (cerebral arterial gas embolism/CAGE) during a recreational scuba dive. She had significant undisclosed medical conditions including…
24y · Female·Immersion (drowning due to hypoxic brain injury)
Syoko Tsubaki, a 24-year-old Japanese tourist and inexperienced recreational diver, died from drowning on 31 December 1998 after a scuba diving incident at Rottnest Island on 27 December. During an afternoon dive, the di…
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