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19y · Male·Head injury: depressed stellate (star-shaped) fracture of skull with diffuse sub…
A 19-year-old male died from severe head injury (depressed stellate skull fracture with subarachnoid haemorrhage) sustained when a stolen motorcycle he was riding struck a kerb while evading police on Port Road, Adelaide…
Lauren Kady Aitken: severe cerebral trauma associated with extensive cranial vau…
This is not a medical case. Two children (aged 12 and 10) died in a motor vehicle accident on 9 January 2000 when their father's vehicle left the roadway and fell 26 metres down an embankment near Crafers, South Australi…
38y · Female·peritonitis with septic shock secondary to perforation of the gastrointestinal t…
A 38-year-old woman in persistent vegetative state following anoxic encephalopathy from anaphylaxis during surgery died from peritonitis caused by perforation at the gastrostomy stoma site. The perforation likely occurre…
Male·Multiple injuries from motorcycle collision with limestone retaining wall at rou…
Two motorcyclists, Noel James Monson (age 43) and Robert Stephen McGee (age 23), died following single-vehicle collisions at suburban roundabouts in Western Australia. Both riders lost control while approaching roundabou…
41y · Male·Shotgun wound to the left side of the chest with laceration of the heart and hae…
Geoffrey Douglas Nicholls, aged 41, was shot by police during an armed incident at Oodnadatta, South Australia. He had a history of mental illness including depression with suicidal ideation, Bartter's syndrome (causing …
8y · Female·Closed head injury
An 8-year-old girl died from severe closed head injuries sustained when a bouncy castle (inflatable amusement structure) was lifted by a sudden whirlwind and collapsed. The child fell from the structure during its flight…
7y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to reflex cardiac arrest triggered by blunt…
A 7-year-old boy died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following a motor vehicle collision. He was seated on an unanchored booster seat and wearing an adult seatbelt. During the collision, the unsecured booster seat…
48y · Male·Acute cardiac dysrhythmia of unknown cause; acute alcohol toxicity was a signifi…
Mark Corbett, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man, died from acute cardiac dysrhythmia while in police protective custody in Tennant Creek. He was apprehended twice for public intoxication on 10 July 2002. After leaving a sober…
2y · Female·irreversible cerebral anoxia and terminal inhalation bronchopneumonia resulting …
Cindy Nguyen, a 2-year-old girl, drowned at Footscray Swimming Centre on 10 November 2000 and died from irreversible cerebral anoxia and inhalation bronchopneumonia on 15 November 2000. The coroner found that the death r…
39y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following surgery for dental…
Richard Christopher Jankowski, a 39-year-old man, died from hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following emergency surgery for a dental abscess with cellulitis. After initial treatment with antibiotics, …
29y · Female·severed spinal cord between the first and second cervical vertebrae sustained wh…
29-year-old Aboriginal woman died when thrown from a vehicle during a police pursuit that lasted 3-4 minutes over 9.2 km on Alice Springs Airport Road. She suffered a severed spinal cord between C1-C2 vertebrae, consiste…
11y · Female·pneumonia complicating cytomegalovirus embryopathy
Queenie Michaels, an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl with cytomegalovirus embryopathy and severe physical and cognitive disabilities, died from pneumonia at home while in government care. She had been fostered by Mr and Mrs …
Unknown·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision due to loss of control of tanker …
On 26 January 2001, five people died when a petrol tanker driven by Ranjith Naranpanawa lost control on the South Gippsland Highway near Koo Wee Rup, Victoria. The tanker collided with two oncoming vehicles carrying the …
21y·Double engine failure and ditching. Primary causes: left engine crankshaft fract…
On 31 May 2000, Piper Navajo Chieftain VH-MZK ditched in Spencer Gulf after two engine failures, killing seven passengers and the pilot, with one person missing. The coroner found that the right engine was damaged by end…
67y · Male·acute renal failure with associated severe acidosis and hyperkalemia
A 67-year-old Aboriginal male with dementia was discharged from Royal Darwin Hospital on 4 November 2001 following cystoscopy and bladder neck incision for suspected obstruction. Critical communication failures meant the…
3y · Male·unascertained
Mohammed Tartoussi, aged 3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. …
43y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall
Phillip Reginald James Steel, aged 43, a machinery operator at Mt Keith Nickel Mine in Western Australia, died on 18 May 2001 when the D10 bulldozer he was operating fell over 100 metres into an open pit. He was working …
45y · Male·Bullet wound to the head - self-inflicted
A 45-year-old man with recurrent major depression died by self-inflicted gunshot wound in April 2000. His psychiatrists documented recent suicidal ideation and unstable mental state but determined he was not actively sui…
43y · Male·Drowning
Lindsay Dack, aged 43, drowned on 26 December 2000 while crewing the yacht Spirit of Downunder in the Big Bay Race 2000 in Port Phillip Bay. He was thrown overboard during a sudden squall while working on the foredeck, w…
66y · Female·acute necrotising haemorrhagic mediastinitis
Mrs Pratt, aged 66, underwent elective gastroscopy at Kapunda Hospital. During the procedure she heaved, and blood was noted at the gastro-oesophageal junction. She was discharged the same afternoon with pain, only to re…
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