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48y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep ve…
A 48-year-old woman with morbid obesity and smoking history presented to a rural hospital with severe hip and leg pain. Over five days across two hospitals, no venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment was performed d…
20y · Male·Head injury from motor vehicle collision
Samuel Timothy Brown, age 20, died from severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 25 November 2012. He was found lying on the Gold Coast Highway with a blood alcohol level of 0.241% (approximately 4 ti…
17y · Male·Hanging
17-year-old Joshua Klumper died by hanging following cannabis withdrawal and workplace stress. He had a complex mental health history with ASD diagnosis (lacking robust diagnostic support), multiple suicide attempts, and…
46y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity and coronary atherosclerosis
A 46-year-old man died in police custody following a domestic violence order breach arrest in Rockhampton, Queensland. The death resulted from a combination of methylamphetamine toxicity, significant coronary artery dise…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
74y · Male·Aspiration of gastric contents due to paralytic ileus following Whipple surgery …
William Searle, a 74-year-old prisoner, died from aspiration of gastric contents following a Whipple procedure for recurrent ampullary adenoma. The clinical lessons involve recognition of gastroparesis risk in high-risk …
45y · Male·Haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction, due to bilateral internal ca…
David Smith, aged 45, died from haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction secondary to essential thrombocytosis with bilateral internal carotid artery thrombosis. He developed an acute ischaemic stroke on 9 July…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to post-operative respiratory distres…
A 10-month-old boy died following elective cleft palate repair surgery complicated by post-operative respiratory distress and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. Initial laryngospasm led to suspected post-obstructive pu…
5y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning
A 5-year-old boy who could not swim drowned in a public aquatic centre after crossing from a shallow ramp area into a 1.2-metre deep main pool, unobserved by his parents. He was underwater for 90 seconds before being ret…
45y · Male·Recurrence of ventricular fibrillation due to Brugada Syndrome
Craig Williams, 45, suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in 2015 due to presumptive Brugada Syndrome. He survived with severe hypoxic brain injury and spent 10 months rehabilitating at Cairns Hospital, where he was…
24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns
Omid Masoumali, a 24-year-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.…
27y · Male·multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of heat stroke
Olivier Caramin, a 27-year-old Belgian national on a working holiday visa, died from heat stroke while picking pumpkins on 31 October 2017 in Far North Queensland. He was just three days into farm work without proper acc…
61y · Female·Multiple drug (tapentadol, morphine, diazepam, citalopram) intoxication
Margaret Cahill, a 61-year-old nurse assistant, died from multiple drug intoxication after a GP administered 60mg intramuscular morphine without knowing she had consumed tapentadol 1-2 hours earlier. The coroner identifi…
38y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest caused by mixed…
Constance Burrett, 38, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine overdose) causing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and cardiorespiratory arrest. The coroner found it more likely than not that her partn…
24y · Female·Head injury from repeated blunt force trauma
A 24-year-old woman was fatally assaulted by her intimate partner after a period of escalating domestic and family violence. The perpetrator had a documented history of violent DFV across multiple relationships, with pri…
89y · Male·multi-organ failure with pneumonia due to ingestion of a corrosive liquid (quate…
An 89-year-old man with severe dementia died from multi-organ failure following ingestion of concentrated Bacban (quaternary ammonium compound) left in his bathroom at an aged care facility. The cleaning staff member ina…
6y · Male·Sepsis due to melioidosis
A six-year-old previously healthy boy died from sepsis due to melioidosis after multiple presentations to a remote hospital over five days (5–10 January 2017) with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache. Initial diagno…
Female·Burns due to gas explosion due to motor vehicle collision with building
A 60-year-old man with a long-standing history of seizures experienced an epileptic seizure while driving and lost control of his vehicle. It collided with an LPG gas cylinder outside a café, triggering an explosion that…
58y · Male·Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, due to or as a consequence of T-cell lympho…
Frank Burrows, a 58-year-old male prisoner, died from Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to T-cell lymphoma. He presented with non-specific symptoms (fever, sweats, diarrhoea) and was initially discharge…
Unknown·drowning (Thomas Hunt); drowning/immersion with head injury (Youngeun Kim)
Two young international visitors died by drowning at Josephine Falls in Queensland's wet tropics, separated by two years. Both were swept away by rapidly rising floodwaters in Bottom Pool after heavy rainfall in the Moun…
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