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39y · Male·septicaemia following self-administered intravenous injection of faeces
A 39-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, personality disorder, and substance dependence died from septicaemia after self-injecting faeces into his vein while an involuntary mental health patient. He obtained a sy…
15y · Male·Multiple organ failure associated with hyperthermia (heat stroke)
A 15-year-old rugby league player died from heat stroke during training on an extremely hot Perth summer evening (44.4°C). The coaching staff appropriately applied NRL heat guidelines in deciding to proceed with modified…
83y · Female·Pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures sustained in the setting of mult…
Margaret Barton, 83, died of pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures from multiple falls. Critical clinical lessons: (1) The Oxazepam regimen directly contributed to her death. Dr C. tripled her dose from 15mg to…
61y · Female·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a passenger
A 61-year-old woman died from hypovolaemic shock and cardiac arrest following a motor vehicle collision in rural Victoria. She was trapped in her vehicle for approximately 90 minutes with severe crush injuries and lower …
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
Glenn William Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, Western Australia. He failed to nego…
86y · Male·Complications post laparoscopic cholecystectomy
86-year-old man with acute gangrenous perforated cholecystitis underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 2 October 2015, forty-two hours after admission. Severe bleeding from hepatic arterial branches required conversion…
25y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Jason Walter Challis, a 25-year-old rifleman with only 10 months of Defence Force training, was fatally shot in the head during an urban operations live fire exercise at Mount Bundey on 10 May 2017. He was positioned beh…
32y · Female·hanging
Fiona Burke, aged 32, died by hanging on 17 March 2017 following a prolonged history of family violence in her relationship with Darren Mather. The death occurred in a context of escalating intimate partner violence, alc…
55y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest due to mixed prescription drug sedation (clozapine and…
Nigel Douglas Roberts, a 55-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, COPD, and cardiomyopathy, died from cardio-respiratory arrest due to mixed prescription drug sedation (clozapine and olanzapine) in the presence of adv…
36y · Female·Nicotine toxicity
Rachel Mihail, a 36-year-old with a complex psychiatric history including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and agoraphobia, ingested liquid nicotine at home on 22 November 2017 after calling mental health triage expressing sui…
24y · Male·seizure (epileptic)
Mohammad Nasim Najafi, a 24-year-old Afghan detainee with well-controlled epilepsy, died from a seizure after missing multiple doses of carbamazepine in the days preceding his death. He was held in immigration detention …
61y · Female·respiratory failure consistent with end-stage chronic obstructive airways disord…
A 61-year-old woman with chronic obstructive airways disease, liver disease, depression, and alcohol dependence died from respiratory failure. Her general practitioner prescribed a contraindicated combination of central …
46y · Male·Hanging
Darrell Gene Simon, a 46-year-old male, disappeared while on a bicycle ride in November 2014 and was found deceased on his property 18 months later. He died by hanging in the context of severe financial distress, facing …
96y · Female·Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis secondary to infected leg ulcers, complicated by m…
A 96-year-old woman with diabetes, dementia and a chronic blistering skin condition developed progressively worsening leg ulcers with exposed tendons while resident in an aged care facility. Despite multiple medical revi…
38y · Female·neck compression (hanging)
RR, a 38-year-old woman with complex mental health history including PTSD, substance use disorder, and borderline personality traits, was admitted to Bloomfield Hospital on 12 April 2015 following an overdose with stated…
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…
0y · Female·Sudden infant death whilst bed-sharing with risk factors including unsafe sleepi…
A 55-day-old infant died in an unsafe bed-sharing environment with her sedated mother while her father, intoxicated by intravenous morphine and methamphetamine, remained nearby. The autopsy revealed no obvious cause, but…
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
Jarrod Wright, a 42-year-old man admitted with cellulitis, developed sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring ICU care with non-invasive ventilation. Critical failures occurred in managing his …
92y · Male·heart failure secondary to ischaemic heart disease/arrythmia aggravated by a fal…
A 92-year-old man with dementia, Alzheimer's disease and COPD died following a fall from a defective princess chair in aged care. The chair's right armrest had a worn spring mechanism that failed to lock properly, allowi…
27y · Male·combined drug toxicity (U-47700 and etizolam)
Mark Sach, aged 27, died from combined drug toxicity involving U-47700 (a synthetic opioid 7.5 times more potent than morphine) and etizolam (a benzodiazepine 10 times more potent than diazepam), obtained via internet pu…
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