324 results for “forensic examination”
31y · Male·Undetermined
…psychological stress, sedation). Paramedics failed to conduct adequate vital signs assessment, hands-on examination, or continuous monitoring pre-arrest. They mistook his rapid decline for expected sedation effect rathe…
7y · Female·Pneumonia complicating a viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effe…
Child ML, aged 7, died of pneumonia complicating viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effect. She had severe cerebral palsy with complex care needs including PEJ tube feeding and multiple medications. At th…
18y · Male·Hypoglycaemic hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to massive liver necrosis, d…
An 18-year-old remand prisoner died from acute liver failure secondary to Hepatitis B and C infection. He presented with fever and malaise on 15 February but was assessed only for boils and not thoroughly evaluated. Clin…
gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…
Between October 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four cases, the shootings were legally justified as the offic…
41y · Male·Respiratory depression caused by alcohol and morphine poisoning
Anthony Mark Perry, aged 41, died in police custody at Rockhampton watch house on 23 March 2010 from respiratory depression due to morphine and alcohol. He was arrested for breaching a domestic violence order after drink…
18y · Male·rupture of a left frontal cerebral abscess
An 18-year-old male detainee at Ashley Youth Detention Centre died from rupture of a left frontal cerebral abscess likely caused by sinus infection. Craig was admitted on remand in early October 2010 and presented with i…
0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to true knot in umbilical cord
A term infant died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by a true knot in the umbilical cord. The mother presented in labour with spontaneous rupture of membranes and had a prolonged second stage. Foetal heart ra…
33y · Male·Pelvic crush injury sustained while working at an underground coal mine
Jason Blee, a 33-year-old experienced miner and trainer at Moranbah North Mine in Queensland, was fatally crushed on 9 April 2007 when a shuttle car pinned him against a rib (wall) in a narrow underground heading. Follow…
38y · Male·Acute drug toxicity due to clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia
A 38-year-old remand prisoner with schizophrenia on clozapine died suddenly in prison from acute drug toxicity (clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia). He had been transferred from psychiatric hospital to prison on 20 Jul…
48y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis and minor trauma
Ashley Glenfield Gavenor, a 48-year-old Indigenous man with coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and bipolar affective disorder, died in Townsville Correctional Centre following a brief altercation with anoth…
60y · Male·Hypertensive heart disease with chronic fatty liver as other significant conditi…
David Duggan, a 60-year-old man with hypertensive heart disease and cardiomegaly, was admitted to Caloundra Hospital on 10 January 2007 for management of severe acute back pain caused by a suspected L3/4 disc herniation …
38y · Female·multiple stab injuries to the chest and abdomen
A 38-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her former partner, Bradley Carolus, in May 2010. Three days before the homicide, Carolus had been apprehended by police under mental health legislation following a volatile epi…
Male·Police use of lethal force; coroner found in each case the officers acted approp…
This multi-death inquest examined five police shootings in Queensland (2013-2014) where all deceased had mental health histories. The coroner found officers acted appropriately in each case but made 19 recommendations to…
19y · Male·Hanging
Meqdad Hussain, a 19-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, died by hanging in an immigration detention centre (Scherger IDC, Queensland) on 17 March 2011. He had a history of self-harm evident from scars on his forearms, noted …
25y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to acute paracetamol poisoning
Danny Whitton, a 25-year-old Aboriginal prisoner at Junee Correctional Centre, died from acute paracetamol toxicity causing multi-organ failure. He presented to the prison medical clinic on 5 November 2015 with vomiting …
0y · Male·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) against a background of sub-glottic stenosis…
Brendan Scott Kay, a 104-day-old ex-premature infant with sub-glottic stenosis from prolonged neonatal intubation, died suddenly in his parents' car during transfer home from Brisbane to Tully. The stenosis had been inve…
38y · Male·metastatic lung carcinoma
Thomas Brigham, a 38-year-old prison inmate, died from metastatic lung carcinoma after a delayed diagnosis. Over three months, he presented repeatedly with back pain, weight loss, poor appetite, and a persistent cough. D…
0y · Male·meconium aspiration syndrome complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension
Baby C was born at 41 weeks and 2 days covered in thick meconium with respiratory distress. Key clinical failures included: (1) failure to respond to mother's request for induction at term+6 days; (2) failure to investig…
Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…
Four Aboriginal individuals died on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Ward (19) and Ryan (25) died by hanging with evidence of petrol intoxication. Ken (35) died from exposure after wandering a…
48y · Male·myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis (medically treated)
Garnett Mickelo, aged 48, died from myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis while in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre on 24 November 2012, shortly after discharge from Princess Alexandra Hospital fol…
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