61 results for “thermal injury”
64y · Male·complications in association with thermal injuries in a man with underlying chro…
…ire in his caravan for light and heat (having no electricity) which burned out of control, causing severe thermal injuries. Key lessons: establish alert flags in digital records for patients with guardianship orders to …
36y · Male·Septicaemia and cerebral artery air embolism, due to complications related to cl…
Jamie Lawrence Mitchell, 36, died from septicaemia and cerebral artery air embolism complicating radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. He developed an atrioesophageal fistula after cardiac ablation at Royal Ad…
45y · Female·multiple organ failure following thermal injuries (severe burns)
… (Department of Environment and Conservation) employee, died from multiple organ failure following severe thermal burns (80% of body) sustained in a bushfire burnover on 12 October 2012. The burnover—when an uncontrolle…
28y · Male·Chest injuries following a cliff collapse
…ffered cardiac arrest during helicopter transport and could not be revived. The collapse was triggered by thermal expansion/contraction of weak rock following hot, dry conditions. Although warning signs about unstable c…
34y · Male·effects of burns
Michael Holmes, 34, died from severe burns sustained when he re-entered a burning house attempting to rescue his son. The fire originated from clothes and towels left drying on a rack in front of an unattended wood heate…
49y · Male·effects of fire (70% body surface area full and partial thickness burns)
…autopsy. The fireplace guard had been removed—a common practice at the venue. While the exact mechanism of injury cannot be determined, his severe intoxication likely impaired judgment and motor control, increasing vulne…
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…
87y · Male·acute renal failure and two major haemorrhagic strokes
… aged care facility. During his stay at Plumpton Villa, he suffered two falls and sustained a significant thermal burn to his arm from a wall heater, and developed aspiration pneumonia. The coroner found deficiencies in…
23y · Male·Thermal injury in association with electrocution
…3-year-old graduate electrical engineer in Western Power's training program, died on 19 January 2000 from thermal injury and electrocution at the Coolgardie substation in Western Australia. While undertaking a routine f…
24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns
…-old Iranian refugee detained on Nauru under Australian offshore processing arrangements, suffered severe thermal burns (>50% TBSA) on 27 April 2016 after self-immolating at the Nibok settlement. He was airlifted to Bri…
0y · Male·Burns from fire
A six-month-old child died from burns after a fire started at a roadhouse accommodation when his older sibling (5 years old) ignited a portable gas cooker with a cigarette lighter. The cooker was accessible in the room d…
24y · Male·Head injury from explosion
A 24-year-old man died when his hired truck's cargo compartment exploded while driving. The rear compartment contained three LPG gas cylinders (domestic barbeque bottles), all found with partially open valves. Gas leaked…
56y · Female·multi-organ failure complicating severe burns on a background of alcoholic liver…
A 56-year-old woman with alcoholic liver disease, cerebellar atrophy, and marked mobility impairment suffered fatal full-thickness burns (75% TBSA) from scalding shower water at Flinders Medical Centre. She was left unat…
43y · Male·Combination of exsanguination and inhalation of smoke
…nce of functioning smoke alarms in early fire detection; the severe physiological consequences of arterial injury during escape attempts; and consideration of electrical safety in home renovations, particularly placement…
87y · Female·smoke inhalation
An 87-year-old woman died from smoke inhalation in an accidental house fire. She was found in the kitchen after firefighters extinguished a fully-engulfed fire that originated near a wood heater in the lounge room. Fire …
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…
14y · Female·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
Georgia Scott, 14 years old, died in a motor vehicle collision on 2 October 2012 when a vehicle driven by John Bryson veered into the oncoming lane. The driver had turned to speak to his front-seat passenger (who was pla…
89y · Female·Burn wounds and the consequences thereof
Judy Ingham, aged 89, suffered severe burns from excessively hot water while bathing in her apartment on 26 August 2022, dying 26 days later from burn wound complications. A licensed plumber failed to install a required …
48y · Male·Decompensated liver and renal disease; alcoholic liver disease in the circumstan…
…ficers from a fully-engulfed house and transported to hospital with 6% full-thickness burns and inhalation injury. His pre-existing severe liver disease and subsequent multi-organ failure were the primary causes of death…
28y · Female·Effects of fire
Ya Zhao, 28, died from effects of fire in her residential unit on 22 July 2022. She had schizophrenia with a history of mental health crises, depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation. She was living independently with…
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