28 results for “cold exposure”
19y · Male·drowning
A 19-year-old male drowned in Frederick Henry Bay after attempting to paddle a kayak 15.5 km across exposed water from Roches Beach to Lime Bay. Despite advice from his father and uncle to stay close to shore, he venture…
33y · Male·Aspiration plus hypothermia secondary to severe alcohol intoxication
Shannon Lindsay Watt, a 33-year-old male, died from aspiration with hypothermia secondary to severe alcohol intoxication. After work drinks at the Alberton Hotel on 13 June 2009, he consumed large quantities of alcohol (…
77y · Female·hypothermia from environmental cold exposure with contributing factors of advanc…
Mrs Janet Mackozdi, aged 77, died from hypothermia in an uninsulated shipping container at Mount Lloyd, Tasmania, on 23-24 July 2010. She had advanced Alzheimer's dementia and required 24-hour care. The coroner found her…
53y · Male·decompensated alcoholic liver disease in the setting of gastro-intestinal haemor…
…rt despite visible distress. Experts identified hypothermia as a contributing factor related to prolonged exposure outside the station in wet conditions. While death was deemed not technically 'in custody', systemic fail…
90y · Female·acute bronchopneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus
Ruth McKay, 90, died of acute bronchopneumonia after accessing the external courtyard of the Memory Support Unit (MSU) at an aged care facility undetected in the early morning of 17 January 2015. She was found under a st…
40y · Male·hypothermia
Nathan Booth, a 40-year-old Aboriginal man with opioid addiction, was reported missing on 2 September 2019 after last being seen on 27 June 2019 when he obtained his methadone dose at Canberra Hospital. His body was foun…
21y · Male·Closed head injury and retroperitoneal and pelvic haematoma due to fractured pel…
A 21-year-old man died from massive internal bleeding into the pelvis and retroperitoneum following a motor vehicle collision with a stobie pole in rural South Australia. He was trapped for over 2 hours before extricatio…
Male·Little Brother: multi-organ dysfunction due to hypothermia with contributing con…
Two Aboriginal brothers with chronic alcohol use disorder and cognitive impairment died in July and September 2023 in Alice Springs Hospital. Both had adult guardianship orders, NDIS packages, and aged care assessments r…
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