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 Cool…
42y · Male·Combined effects of moderately severe physical exertion; a lateral vascular neck…
… a foot chase in Spring Hill, Brisbane. Following an initial wrestling struggle, a lateral vascular neck restraint was applied by Senior Constable Jakes for approximately three 10-second intervals. The coroner found Mr …
23y · Male·compression of the neck, secondary to coronary arteriosclerosis
Julian Arasina Lee, a 23-year-old man, died on 1 February 2003 during a restraint incident in the Mental Health Unit at Cairns Base Hospital. Admitted voluntarily after exhibiting marked…
38y · Male·The combined effect of Methylamphetamine Toxicity and prolonged restraint in a p…
…Freeway while driving under the influence. After the crash, he became aggressive and agitated, requiring restraint by police and paramedics. He went into cardiac arrest shortly after paramedics inserted a cannula while …
37y · Male·Combination of methylamphetamine toxicity and restraint leading to physiological…
…own on the platform and became unresponsive. Death resulted from combined methylamphetamine toxicity and restraint-induced physiological stress causing cardiac arrhythmia. The coroner found the staff lacked training in …
30y · Male·traumatic asphyxiation
Styles Isaac King, an Aboriginal man aged 30, died from traumatic asphyxiation following restraint by crowd controllers at a bar in Katherine, Northern Territory. During an altercation, he was held face-…
35y · Male·unascertained - multifactorial: underlying ischaemic heart disease, drug intoxic…
… later, after allegedly attempting murder, he was arrested by police and developed cardiac arrest while in prone restraint. Autopsy revealed significant early-onset atherosclerotic heart disease. The coroner found the p…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
Two deaths resulted from police restraint in prone positions. David Gurralpa, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with pre-existing coronary artery disea…
32y · Female·hypoxic brain injury as a result of a cardiac arrest due to positional asphyxia …
… her distress, she was placed alone in seclusion without proper observation, then subjected to a 23-minute prone restraint with multiple safety breaches including inadequate staff, no person in charge, failure to monito…
35y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest in the setting of acute agitation and physical and chem…
… Middleton Prison following forcible extraction from his room by SESG officers using CS gas and physical restraint. He was held prone with hands cuffed behind him, a shield on his back, and additional downward pressure …
40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by restraint during security incident at Campbelltown Club Hotel
…the ground, and he lost consciousness after approximately 8 minutes. He died from asphyxia caused by the restraint. Contributing factors included acute ethanol intoxication (blood alcohol 0.179 g/100ml) and morbid obesi…
31y · Male·Status epilepsy secondary to cerebral cavernoma
… was perceived as aggressive/intoxicated. Police and paramedics responded, using physical and mechanical restraints in prone position followed by 5mg droperidol sedation. He deteriorated rapidly and suffered cardiac arr…
54y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy following a period of restraint on a background of morb…
…hrenia, homelessness, and morbid obesity was arrested for wilful exposure and disorderly conduct. During restraint in the prone position with handcuffs, he struggled for several minutes. Although officers recognised pos…
43y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from asystolic cardiac arrest due to …
…sychiatric crisis at a supported residential care facility on 2 December 1998 and died the next day from restraint asphyxia. Police responded to calls about aggressive behavior toward staff and attempted to apprehend hi…
35y · Male·Sudden death during restraint in an agitated obese man with coronary artery athe…
Justin Fraser, a 35-year-old male with first-episode psychosis, died in restraint at Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 26 October 2007. He was found attempting suicide by hanging, b…
52y · Male·Polypharmacy overdose of amitriptyline and doxylamine in the context of underlyi…
…nic facial pain, depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnoea died following restraint in ICU. He had ingested a polypharmacy overdose of amitriptyline and doxylamine on 26-27 February 2017, …
28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint in the foyer of the Acute Mental…
… Vaggs, a 28-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint at Townsville Hospital's Acute Mental Health Unit on 13 April 2010. He had declined admission at ED on 2…
31y · Male·Undetermined
Ashley Washington, a 31-year-old Kamilaroi man, died after police restraint and sedation during arrest in Toowoomba. He was apprehended following a report of property theft and sta…
21y · Male·undetermined causes, in the course of being restrained by members of the NSW Pol…
Roberto Laudisio Curti, a 21-year-old Brazilian, died on 18 March 2012 during police restraint in Sydney after consuming LSD which induced a psychotic state. After a convenience store incident was mi…
32y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity in a man with ischaemic heart disease
…32-year-old male died from methamphetamine toxicity complicated by ischaemic heart disease during police restraint. After a motor vehicle collision, he displayed erratic, aggressive behaviour while walking into traffic …
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