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88y · Female·Head injury in a fall due to atrial fibrillation on anti-coagulants
An 88-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation died from a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at a rehabilitation hospital. She was assisted to the toilet by a single nursing student despite a doc…
40y · Female·Head injuries inflicted by axe blows in context of intimate partner domestic abu…
Teresa Bradford, aged 40, was killed by her husband David Bradford in a premeditated domestic homicide at their Pimpama home on 31 January 2017, followed by his suicide. She died from head injuries inflicted with an axe.…
17y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia during restraint, with previous traumatic brain injury as a s…
Pono Aperahama, a 17-year-old with severe traumatic brain injury and moderate intellectual disability, died from cardiac arrhythmia during restraint at a swimming pool. His escalating behaviour in 2017—triggered by schoo…
91y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Arthur Smith, 91, fatally shot his wife of 68 years before taking his own life. He had recently undergone cardiac surgery and expressed concerns about losing independence and being forced into care. The couple faced fina…
69y · Female·Complications of a subdural haemorrhage (palliated) sustained in a fall
Josephine Helen Clarke, age 69, died from complications of a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at Kingston Centre rehabilitation facility on 11 September 2018. Mrs Clarke had been recovering from a subarachnoid ha…
53y · Male·Complications of old brain injury in prior motor vehicle incident
Bruce Vernon Taylor, 53, died from complications of a remote brain injury sustained in childhood motor vehicle accident. He lived in shared disability accommodation and received support through NDIS. In the 12 months bef…
42y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest caused by massive pul…
A 42-year-old man died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to a massive pulmonary embolism. He sustained a tibial fracture in a motor vehicle accident and underwent external fixation. He deve…
Male·pneumonia, following injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident
Russell Rodney Tonks sustained severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident on 31 May 2010, resulting in global cerebral oedema, subdural haematoma, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and multiple fractures. He was admitted to …
16y · Female·upper airway occlusion due to aspiration of a foreign body (disposable latex glo…
Sophia Nisco, a 16-year-old with severe cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from airway obstruction after aspirating a disposable latex glove at a respite care facility. She had documented oral fixation beha…
7y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure in a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, with acut…
Child KT (Vinnie), age 7, died of cardiorespiratory failure from cerebral palsy and epilepsy after a prolonged hospital admission. He had complex medical needs including chronic respiratory disease, requiring PEG feeding…
90y · Female·Hospital acquired pneumonia in the setting of recent fractures of neck of humeru…
A 90-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities residing in aged care sustained a hip fracture from a fall in January 2018. Following surgical repair and initial hospital treatment, she was transferred to a rehabilitatio…
72y · Female·Obstruction of the airways of the neck
A 72-year-old woman with moderate-severe expressive and receptive dysphasia following an acute left middle cerebral artery stroke died by hanging three months post-discharge from rehabilitation. Critical deficiencies wer…
79y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Giuseppe Dilettoso, aged 79, died of aspiration pneumonia at a nursing home where he was detained under guardianship orders. He had suffered two significant head injuries (2000 and 2013), with the latter requiring emerge…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with dysphagia and acquired brain injury
John Gale, a 64-year-old man with acquired brain injury and severe intellectual disability living in state care, died from aspiration pneumonia following a fall and pneumonia diagnosis in May 2016. He was transferred bac…
35y · Male·Fentanyl toxicity
David Veech, aged 35, died of accidental Fentanyl toxicity while residing at Tarlo Intensive Residential Support Service. He extracted Fentanyl from prescribed transdermal patches and injected it intravenously. Despite b…
59y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity (propoxyphene, citalopram, oxazepam and others)
Mrs DA, aged 59, died from multiple drug toxicity (propoxyphene, citalopram, oxazepam and others) in March 2014. She had suffered a severe stroke in 2006 with resultant significant disability, chronic pain, and subsequen…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
A 43-year-old woman died from acute multiple drug toxicity after 26 years of high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain following a motor vehicle accident. Despite recognition by multiple clinicians that opioid doses exce…
55y · Male·Septicaemia due to hydronephrosis and infection
A 55-year-old man with complex medical and social problems died of septicaemia from renal infection. He had a history of cardiac disease requiring anticoagulation, alcohol dependence, depression, and chronic hoarding beh…
66y · Female·retroperitoneal haemorrhage due to anticoagulation following right cerebrovascul…
A 66-year-old woman died from retroperitoneal haemorrhage following anticoagulation for stroke caused by intra-arterial central venous catheter placement. The catheter was mistakenly inserted into the right carotid arter…
75y · Female·multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of motor vehicle collision
Ruth Capps, 75, died in a motor vehicle collision after drifting into oncoming traffic. She had multiple medical conditions including diabetes, sleep apnoea, chronic back pain, osteoarthritis, and recurrent falls. Despit…
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