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30y · Male·acute alcohol (ethanol) toxicity
A 30-year-old male with severe alcohol dependence died from acute ethanol toxicity after a prolonged drinking episode. Despite engagement with alcohol and drug services, counselling, and family support, he was unable to …
81y · Female·Acute pyelonephritis (kidney infection) in combination with severe coronary arte…
An 81-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, and severe coronary artery disease died from acute pyelonephritis (kidney infection) combined with coronary heart disease. She experienced multiple falls over …
70y · Male·blunt force head injury (operated)
A 70-year-old Torres Strait Islander man died from blunt force head injury sustained when police forcibly woke and directed him to leave a private residence where he was sleeping. Police lacked legal powers to intervene:…
22y · Female·Complications of megacolon due to chronic constipation in a woman with cerebral …
A 22-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy died of complications from megacolon due to chronic constipation. She attended respite care over a weekend and became unwell with feeding difficulties and abdom…
53y · Male·immersion (drowning)
Norman Leslie Bale, a 53-year-old experienced fisherman, died by drowning after taking an unseaworthy 12-foot aluminium dinghy with a defective outboard motor onto Nickol Bay near Karratha, Western Australia on 23 Septem…
54y · Male·aspiration pneumonia caused by multiple drug toxicity
Paul Lau, aged 54, died from aspiration pneumonia caused by opioid toxicity following ACL reconstruction surgery. The death resulted from a prescribing error where anaesthetist Dr K. inadvertently prescribed a 100mcg/hou…
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
Mrs Russell, a 74-year-old woman with diabetes, obesity, COPD and coronary disease, underwent elective hernia repair in November 2016 at a regional hospital. An unexpected colon tumour was removed during surgery. She sub…
60y · Female·effects of fire in a woman with alcohol effect
A 60-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia died in a domestic fire on 26 July 2014. The day before, her son sought help from police and mental health services after noticing signs of mental health deteriorat…
63y · Male·Atherosclerotic Heart Disease
A 63-year-old farmer presented to a small rural hospital with atypical chest pain symptoms (also reporting indigestion, shivering, and numbness). Although a registered nurse appropriately triaged him as ATS 2 (high prior…
37y · Male·Acute epiglottitis
A 37-year-old male prisoner presented with a sore throat and was assessed by a doctor who found only minor inflammation and no signs of bacterial infection, treating conservatively with analgesia. Eight hours later, afte…
31y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the …
31-year-old Moses Sokiri died on 26 October 2014 from bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following suicide by hanging at Greenwood train station on 12 October 2014. The deceased was in acute mental health crisis w…
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Lauren Elizabeth Bunn, aged 25, died by voluntary ingestion of mixed drugs in October 2016. She had a longstanding history of serious mental illness with multiple documented suicide attempts and police welfare checks in …
Female·Miranda Howard: aspiration pneumonia complicating overdose of prescription medic…
Two young women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) died by suicide after inadequate mental health care in South Australia. Miranda Howard (22) died from aspiration pneumonia following overdose; Aurora McPherson-S…
14y · Male·ventricular arrhythmia on a background of congenital aortic valve disease
A 14-year-old boy with congenital aortic stenosis collapsed and died from ventricular arrhythmia during football training in March 2015. He had undergone aortic valve repair in 2006 and was under long-term cardiology fol…
22y · Male·Unknown - likely drowning in Boundary Creek/Nepean River but unable to be determ…
Jordan Morris, aged 22, disappeared on 24 April 2015 following a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle in Penrith, NSW. After the vehicle stopped, Jordan fled into bushland adjacent to Boundary Creek. Police searched extens…
Male·immersion (drowning) for Murray Turner; unascertained but likely immersion for C…
Three men died when the fishing vessel Returner capsized in Nickol Bay, Western Australia on 11 July 2015. The vessel had undergone extensive modifications by owner Murray Turner (age 57) without proper stability assessm…
57y · Male·Immersion (drowning) for Murray Turner; likely immersion (drowning) for Mason Ca…
The fishing vessel Returner capsized in Nickol Bay on 11 July 2015, killing three men including experienced skipper Murray Turner (aged 57) and deckhands Chad Fairley (29) and Mason Carter (26). The vessel's catastrophic…
57y · Male·immersion (drowning) - for Turner confirmed by post mortem; for Carter and Fairl…
Three fishermen died when the fishing vessel 'Returner' capsized in Nickol Bay, Western Australia on 11 July 2015. Murray Turner (57) owned and extensively modified the vessel; Chad Fairley and Mason Carter were deckhand…
Male·electrocution from contact with energised electrical cable and metallic componen…
Dale Kennedy, a 3rd year apprentice electrician, died from electrocution while installing data cables in a school ceiling space. He was moving across wooden planks when his body weight pressed a cable (circuit 22) agains…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
A 36-year-old man with a 13-year history of schizophrenia and substance abuse was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric unit on 15 September 2012 after community deterioration. He improved over several weeks and was tr…
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