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16 results for thermal burn injuries

VIChospital2024-11-19

Finding into death of Daniel Surtees

36y · Male·Complications of thermal burn injuries

Daniel Surtees, aged 36, died from complications of extensive thermal burn injuries (>80% body surface area) sustained during a domestic violence incident. After consuming 14 …

plastic and reconstructive surgeryintensive caremorphine
VIChospital2012-04-05

Finding into death of Abdullah Kocoglu

4y · Male·Complications of cutaneous thermal burn injuries

Abdullah Kocoglu, age 4, died from complications of severe thermal burn injuries sustained in a house fire on 14 February 2011 at his grandparents' home in Hampton Park, Vi…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryintensive caresystemdelay
VICaged care2016-06-30

Finding into death of Doris Pearl Townsend

91y · Female·kidney impairment and dehydration following thermal injury to right leg in an el…

…year-old woman with cerebrovascular disease and right-sided paralysis sustained a significant second-degree burn to her lower right leg when it fell against a hydronic heater beside her bed at an aged care facility. Over…

geriatric medicinepalliative caresystemdelay
TAShome2026-02-17

Coroner's Finding: Gregory and Diane Burkhalter

73y · Male·Gregory Frank Burkhalter: carbon monoxide toxicity due to inhalation of carbon m…

… and combustion. Mr Burkhalter (73) died from carbon monoxide toxicity; Mrs Burkhalter (74) suffered severe burns, survived initially but died from complications including myocardial infarction during acute resuscitation…

emergency medicineanaesthesiasystem
VICaged care

Finding into death of EMILIO VILLANUEVA

87y · Male·acute renal failure and two major haemorrhagic strokes

… aged care facility. During his stay at Plumpton Villa, he suffered two falls and sustained a significant thermal burn to his arm from a wall heater, and developed aspiration pneumonia. The coroner found deficiencies in…

geriatric medicinegeneral medicinecommunicationsystemmetformin
NSWhome2026-03-10

Inquest into the death of Judith Ingham

89y · Female·Burn wounds and the consequences thereof

Judy Ingham, aged 89, suffered severe burns from excessively hot water while bathing in her apartment on 26 August 2022, dying 26 days later from burn

proceduralsystem
QLDhome2024-04-08

Non-inquest findings into the death of Tyson

Male·Burns

A young man died from severe burns sustained in a fire caused by an uncontrolled thermal runaway event in lithium-ion batteries of an e-scoot…

QLDhospital2025-03-14

Non-inquest findings - a 5 year old boy

5y · Male·Complications of burns

A 5-year-old boy died from complications of severe burns sustained during a fuel ignition incident at his father's rural property. While refuelling a small motorcy…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryintensive careprocedural
NSWhospital2024-03-28

Inquest into the death of Monika Chetty

39y · Female·Complications from burns, such burns being from acid doused over 80% of Ms Chett…

Monika Chetty, aged 39, died from complications of severe acid burns covering 80% of her body sustained in early December 2013. She was found in bushland in West Hoxton on 4 J…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryemergency medicinediagnosticsystem
NT

Inquest into the death of Road Deaths 16 and 17 of 2024

Combination of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries sustained in motor vehicle …

…e when the fire started, as evidenced by soot in their airways. Deaths resulted from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries. The driver had consumed alcohol (0.039% BAC, below legal limit but associated with disinhibitio…

forensic medicineemergency medicinesystem
WAcommunity2017-06-12

Inquest into the Death of Wendy BEARFOOT

45y · Female·multiple organ failure following thermal injuries (severe burns)

… (Department of Environment and Conservation) employee, died from multiple organ failure following severe thermal burns (80% of body) sustained in a bushfire burnover on 12 October 2012. The burnover—when an uncontrolle…

emergency medicineplastic and reconstructive surgerycommunicationdiagnostic
VIChome2016-08-04

Finding into death of Nicholas Stephen Brown

3y · Male·carboxyhaemoglobin poisoning secondary to inhalation of smoke in a house fire

Nicholas Stephen Brown, 3-year-old, died in a house fire in Dandenong, Victoria on 7 February 2014. He was left unsupervised for approximately 30 minutes while his mother attended the pharmacy to purchase an asthma inhal…

NSWhome2018-07-06

Inquest into the death of Miata Jibba

9y · Female·complications of thermal injury

A 9-year-old child died from severe thermal injuries sustained in a house fire. The property had non-functional smoke alarms that the property manage…

intensive careplastic and reconstructive surgerycommunicationsystem
NSWcommunity2025-12-09

Inquest into the deaths of Lynette Thompson and Alan Fletcher

58y · Female; male·Lynette: Thermal injuries (extensive burns) and complications thereof; Alan: Nec…

…ated deaths from domestic violence murder-suicide. Lynette Thompson (58, Aboriginal woman) died from severe burns inflicted by her partner Alan Fletcher (59) on 8 November 2020; Alan subsequently died by hanging. The cor…

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WAcommunity2016-01-06

Inquest into the Death of Gonda Alexandra SMITH

64y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in head-on motor vehicle collision

A 64-year-old remote area nurse died in a head-on vehicle collision on a remote unsealed road whilst transporting a critically ill patient to hospital for emergency care. The coroner found that the primary cause was driv…

emergency medicineoccupational and environmental healthproceduralsystem
QLDhospital2011-06-24

(C) a 15 month old child

1y · Male·Complication of burns and trauma to the mesenteric artery

A 15-month-old child died from complications of severe scalding burns (55% of body) sustained when left unsupervised in a bath of hot water (65°C) for 10-15 minutes, combined w…

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