415 results for “drug abuse”
29y · Male·Unascertainable - likely drowning or accidental injury during terrain navigation…
…ed he was stranded and seeking help. His vehicle was found in dense bushland 23 days later, with a rope and drug paraphernalia inside. His body was discovered 1km away in a creek. The coroner found the manner of death to…
smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…
… elderly residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidence of medication theft. Dean had worked while visibly intoxicat…
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions
…were motor vehicle collisions: two innocent civilians (taxi driver Singh and physicist Barrett) killed by a drug-impaired fleeing driver; apprentice Fryer killed in a collision during a second police intercept attempt; m…
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…certainty; patients with complex presentations (personality disorder, acquired brain injury, polysubstance abuse) require extended, intensive inpatient care; critical system gaps exist in community residential options f…
26y · Male·Restraint asphyxia compounded by the effects of amphetamine abuse and extreme ex…
… several minutes before Eddy lost consciousness. Critical lessons: officers must recognize excited delirium/drug-induced states; restraints causing airway/circulation compromise are dangerous even if unintentional; entir…
35y · Female·methadone toxicity
…city after consuming her cousin's take-home methadone dose (110mg liquid). She had no history of substance abuse and had never received formal education about methadone's risks, despite having some knowledge from caring…
0y · Male·Concussive brain injury
…ved a Risk of Serious Harm report in March 2020 identifying concerns about the family (maternal depression, drug use, bruised sibling) but closed it without assessment due to lack of capacity. The coroner found DCJ shoul…
Male, female, male, female·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …
…igh-dose benzodiazepines without safety controls, inadequate clinical assessments and reviews, absent urine drug screening, and poor record-keeping. Dr J.'s negligent prescribing directly caused deaths of Brown and Winwo…
19y · Female·Stab wounds to the abdomen
…amily violence-specific analysis; and specialist family violence training was absent from mental health and drug/alcohol services. The coroner emphasises the need for comprehensive family violence risk assessment framewo…
29y · Female·Multiple Drug Toxicity (Lamotrigine, Doxylamine, Venlafaxine, Valproic Acid, Cod…
A 29-year-old woman with personality disorders and depression called Perth Clinic at 11:11pm reporting she had overdosed on multiple medications (lamotrigine, doxylamine, venlafaxine, valproic acid, codeine, morphine). S…
19y · Male·Hanging
LAK, a 19-year-old Aboriginal man, died by suicide at a community rehabilitation facility after a complex mental health journey involving forensic orders and psychosis. Key clinical lessons include: recognising vulnerabi…
27y · Male·combined drug toxicity (U-47700 and etizolam)
Mark Sach, aged 27, died from combined drug toxicity involving U-47700 (a synthetic opioid 7.5 times more potent than morphine) and etizolam (a benzodi…
18y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…th borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidality, and a history of childhood trauma, died from mixed drug toxicity following intentional overdose. She had multiple psychiatric admissions in early 2021 for suicidal…
14y · Male·Undetermined; high suspicion of non-accidental injury, most likely smothering, b…
Vaughan Murray, a 14-week-old infant, died at Ipswich General Hospital with an undetermined cause despite autopsy findings highly suggestive of non-accidental injury. He had five partially healed rib fractures (3-6 weeks…
42y · Female·hanging
Holly Thredgold, aged 42, died by hanging on 28 August 2016, less than 40 hours after inappropriate discharge from Royal Adelaide Hospital ED. She presented on 26 August 2016 severely intoxicated with suicidal ideation a…
40y · Male·unascertained
Justin Foster, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, chronic back pain, and substance abuse history, died suddenly in a psychiatric inpatient unit (Upton House) on 3 January 2012. He was admitted in…
20y · Female·Complications of malnutrition in the setting of presumed nitrous oxide use
A 20-year-old university student living alone in Melbourne died between 28 July and 7 August 2020 from complications of malnutrition in the setting of presumed nitrous oxide use. Thousands of nitrous oxide canisters were…
25y · Male·Cardiorespiratory failure due to unpredictable additive effect of combination of…
George Shoobridge, a 25-year-old man with a long history of polydrug addiction, died from cardiorespiratory failure caused by the unpredictable additive effect of multiple drug…
Multiple causes across 22 deaths: ligature compression of the neck (17 hangings)…
…es increased dramatically in 2006 (100% increase), with deaths strongly correlated to alcohol and cannabis abuse. The primary cause of death across most cases was ligature compression of the neck (hanging). The inquest …
0y · Female·brain death complicating head and neck injury
A five-month-old girl died from catastrophic brain injuries caused by violent shaking on 20 May 2019. Medical evidence established she was shaken by an adult on at least two occasions: once around 6 May 2019 (evidenced b…
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