49 results for “electrical injury”
90y · Female·Type II respiratory failure in the setting of severe respiratory injury followin…
… hearing loss and mobility limitations, died from Type II respiratory failure following severe respiratory injury sustained in a house fire on 17 August 2011. She was rescued by firefighters but succumbed to injuries eig…
Male·Electrocution from electrical induction shock while installing spacers on high-v…
Danny George Cheney, a newly promoted Construction Manager and Stringing Supervisor with John Holland Group, died from electrocution while installing spacers on high-voltage transmission line conductors. Working from a c…
50y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in high-speed motorcycle crash
Donald Ward, aged 50, died from multiple injuries sustained in a high-speed motorcycle crash on 4 March 2023 in Karratha, WA. Ward left a nightclub intoxicated with alcohol (BAC 0.186%) and cannabis, obscured his number …
43y · Male·Crush injuries (chest and abdominal injuries and chest compression) sustained in…
Daniel Thomas Knight, aged 43, died from crush injuries sustained while attempting to clear a blockage in a wastepaper compactor (model TCU 660) at a printing business. The compactor had never functioned correctly due to…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
A 59-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days after returning from a…
57y · Male·partially suspended hanging
…m intentional jumping. He had complex neurocognitive impairment (dementia, delirium, alcohol-related brain injury) and personality features. Key clinical lessons: (1) Prolonged stays on non-psychiatric wards for patients…
76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis
…ecipitating cardiac decompensation. Despite initial improvement, he deteriorated with sepsis, acute kidney injury, pulmonary oedema, and troponin >1000. He suffered two cardiac arrests on 9-10 February; CPR was unsuccess…
71y · Male·cardiac arrest secondary to near drowning
…tween sellers and buyers. Prompt bystander CPR and emergency response could not overcome the near-drowning injury.
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury
…ollapsed from a suspected heroin overdose in Richmond on 9 June 2016 and died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury on 17 June 2016. He had a lengthy history of heroin use, mental health conditions including schizophrenia …
30y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury and bronchopneumonia following PEA arrest in a …
…d entangled in a swing seat armrest on 7 April 2013 and died six days later from global cerebral ischaemic injury. The coronial investigation found no evidence that supervision was inadequate at the time of the incident.…
18y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…ld not be saved due to severe multi-system trauma including retroperitoneal bleeding and devastating brain injury. The coroner found no fault with hospital care but identified that road maintenance standards (pothole int…
21y · Male·Cause of death unascertained but not from natural causes; injuries inflicted by …
…peatedly. The fire's origin point was the bed area, with possible ignition sources including cigarettes, electrical devices, or deliberate ignition. No definitive cause of death or fire was established, though the eviden…
73y · Male·Gregory Frank Burkhalter: carbon monoxide toxicity due to inhalation of carbon m…
…re immediate transfer to specialist burn centres, anticipation of cardiac complications in massive thermal injury, and importance of preventive safety measures in vulnerable elderly populations.
Female·Judith Lesley Ward died as a result of Thermal Injury; Lorraine Melia died as a …
Two deaths resulted from a bushfire started on 27 December 2003 near Tenterden, Western Australia, caused by conductor clashing on a Western Power 22kv overhead line. The fire was ignited when the live red phase conducto…
19y · Male·unexpected arrhythmogenic event leading to a fall from height, blunt force head …
…ile climbing a ladder in an underground tunnel obstacle, fell approximately 4 metres, and sustained a head injury with subsequent cardiac arrest. Despite immediate CPR by fellow recruits and paramedics arriving within 20…
56y · Male·Benzalkonium chloride toxicity
…oximately 2.5 litres of Pine-O-Cleen disinfectant on 25 September 2010. His death occurred from acute lung injury due to aspiration of the irritant substance. Critical lessons include: (1) the emergency dispatch system's…
57y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating acute asthma
A 57-year-old man with asthma and hay fever died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following an acute asthma exacerbation during Melbourne's November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event. The dec…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
A 50-year-old man with acquired brain injury and intellectual disability died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following aspiration of a food bolu…
43y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest in a setting of electrocution
Brian Glenn Milnes, a 43-year-old truck driver with 14 years industry experience, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest when a tipper trailer he was assisting to raise contacted overhead 22,000 volt po…
44y · Male·gunshot wound to abdomen
A 44-year-old male died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen sustained during a police response to a domestic violence incident. He became aggressive, wielded a knife, and lunged at police after Taser and pepper spray fai…
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