29 results for “heat illness”
16y · Male·Heat related illness in an individual with enterovirus D68 infection
Alexander Li, a 16-year-old with underlying enterovirus D68 infection, died of heat-related illness during a school bushwalking expedition in remote South Australia in extremely hot condition…
25y · Male·acute heat stroke
Trooper Angus Lawrence, a 25-year-old soldier, died from acute heat stroke on 10 November 2004 during a military training exercise at Mount Bundey, NT. He collapsed during a p…
14y · Male·severe heatstroke complicating a recent viral illness with focal myocarditis
A 14-year-old boy from Scotland died of severe heatstroke with myocarditis while hiking in extreme heat (40°C+) at Cape Range National Park. He had recently re…
20y · Male·exertional heat stroke
A 20-year-old professional rugby league player collapsed and died from exertional heat stroke after his first pre-season training session following an extended off-season break. Keith had the lo…
49y · Male·Complications of heatstroke; Hyperthermia
A 49-year-old man died from heatstroke and hyperthermia while on a guided dirt bike tour in Hawaii. He consumed significant alcohol the prev…
35y · Male·effects of exposure
…espite having some water and knowledge of the country, he perished from dehydration and exposure in extreme heat with limited shade (a bushfire had recently passed through the area). His body was found 7 km from the outs…
50y · Female·Complications of heat stroke in a woman with schizophrenia
A 50-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia treated with clozapine died from complications of heat stroke during an unprecedented Victorian heatwave. She and her partner were not contacted by mental health …
79y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease and heat exposure with underlying cerebro-vascular disea…
Mrs Joan Ambrose, 79, died of ischaemic heart disease exacerbated by heat exposure during Victoria's February 2009 heatwave at Noble Manor aged care facility. She exited unsupervise…
27y · Male·multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of heat stroke
Olivier Caramin, a 27-year-old Belgian national on a working holiday visa, died from heat stroke while picking pumpkins on 31 October 2017 in Far North Queensland. He was just three days into farm …
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 …
20y · Male·acute heat stress (circumstances undetermined)
Michael Campbell, aged 20 months, died on 18 April 2008 from acute heat stress. He was placed in his bedroom cot by his mother after returning home from grandparents' house. He wa…
37y · Male·dehydration/heat-related death
A 37-year-old man died from dehydration and heat-related illness after collapsing in a sweat lodge during a vision quest ceremony in remote South Australia.…
38y · Male·cardiac arrest precipitated by dilutional hyponatraemia
A 38-year-old construction worker died from dilutional hyponatraemia after working in extreme heat (>40°C) on a concrete formwork project in rural Queensland. He developed symptoms of heat injury at the wor…
45y · Male·Complications of heat stroke in a man with schizophrenia
…ear-old man with schizophrenia on Clozapine treatment, died during the extraordinary January 2014 Victorian heatwave. He had multiple heat-vulnerability risk factors: mental illness, antipsychotic medication, social isol…
1y · Male·Heat stroke
Noah Zunde, aged 21 months, died from heat stroke on 19 February 2015 after being inadvertently left in a parked motor vehicle by his mother, Romy, wh…
Female·early bronchopneumonia complicating combined drug toxicity (fentanyl overdose)
…opioid-tolerant patients; careful monitoring is essential in patients with prior drug abuse; warnings about heat exposure must be given; and close adherence to prescribing guidelines is critical. The coroner noted Dr S.'…
24y · Male·Environmental exposure in a man with methylamphetamine effect
Dean Jesse Gerrard-Latham, a 24-year-old Indigenous man, died from environmental exposure while acutely intoxicated by methylamphetamine in bushland near Derby, WA. After evading police in a stolen vehicle, he and his co…
22y · Male·multi-organ failure secondary to heatstroke
…ic schizophrenia-paranoid type managed with Clozapine 500mg daily plus Solian and Efexor XR, collapsed from heatstroke while working as a trolley boy on 27 January 2007 and died from multi-organ failure on 8 February 200…
80y · Male·Dehydration and the effects of heat with contributing Alzheimer's dementia
…ear-old man with advanced Alzheimer's dementia disappeared from a respite care facility on a day of extreme heat (39°C) and died from dehydration and heat exposure. Key failures included: (1) relocation of the day progra…
53y · Male·smoke inhalation and effects of heat from motor vehicle fire
A 53-year-old man died from smoke inhalation and heat effects after a vehicle fire while he was evading police apprehension inside a crash repair shop. In the we…
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