36 results for “heroin intoxication”
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions
This complex coronial finding examined six deaths arising from police pursuits in Western Australia between 2012-2014. The deceased included taxi driver Kuldeep Singh and passenger Dr D. (killed in a collision with a sto…
23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists
…s neck and wrists while experiencing a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxication. He had a complex trauma history including childhood domestic violence exposure, paternal heroin overdo…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
A 34-year-old man with methylamphetamine intoxication (blood level 1.2 mg/L) and focal coronary artery atherosclerosis died from cardiorespiratory arrest dur…
42y · Male·acute methadone intoxication
…tment-resistant epilepsy, schizophrenia, and long-standing opioid dependence, died from acute methadone intoxication on 12-13 August 2018. Evidence strongly indicates he injected his Sunday takeaway methadone dose, which…
27y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, diazepam and amphetamines)
…ol dependence, was admitted to St Vincent's Acute Inpatient Service following police custody for public intoxication. He was treated for alcohol withdrawal and managed as a voluntary psychiatric patient, with his mood im…
46y · Male·Gunshot wound to chest inflicted by NSW police officer
Mark David Bennett, 46, died on 23 November 2012 after being shot twice in the chest by Leading Senior Constable Damien Livermore during a police pursuit in Redfern, Sydney. Bennett had stolen a truck and driven it dange…
29y · Female·Multiple injuries (fracture dislocation cervical spine, fractured larynx, multip…
Nicole Knox-Smith, aged 29, died in a motorcycle collision with a stolen Ford station wagon on the Princes Freeway. The driver, Jeffrey Dobbin, was heavily intoxicated with drugs and driving erratically whilst evading po…
31y · Female·Consequences of an undetermined assault
Dulcie Birt, a 31-year-old woman with a history of substance abuse, died in Riverview bushland in October 2009 following an assault by her partner Alwyn Gwilliams. While Gwilliams provided a detailed account of a fatal m…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the neck
Brian Bottomley, 32, was shot and killed by Wayne Joannou on 2 February 2005 after being accused of informing police about an unregistered car transaction. Joannou discharged one shot from a black handgun into Bottomley'…
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…ter rapid methadone dose escalation during early maintenance therapy. She presented with clear signs of intoxication (drowsiness, slurred speech, incoherence) yet received her final methadone dose while already affected …
16y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Maria Liordos, a 16-year-old in state care with complex trauma, substance abuse, mental health issues and high-risk behaviours, died from mixed drug toxicity. The coroner identified significant failures in supervision an…
41y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the head and torso
Duy Linh Ho, a 41-year-old man with long-standing substance use disorder and untreated mental health issues, died from gunshot wounds after a police response to his self-harm and suicidal crisis. He had used methamphetam…
25y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity
… at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT. He was assessed as opioid naive despite representations of heroin use and prescribed 30 mg methadone daily after two doses. The coroner found the medical assessment and pre…
33y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during restraint, involving a predisposition to cardiac…
33-year-old Indigenous man died following police restraint and inappropriate midazolam administration during an acute drug-induced behavioural disturbance. Mr Coolwell sustained injuries while in acute methamphetamine-in…
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
Micky Craig Revera, a 40-year-old man with chronic heroin addiction, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 18 February 2019 from unascertained causes. He was arres…
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental health unit on 18 March 2019…
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