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25y · Male·acute heat stroke
Trooper Angus Lawrence, a 25-year-old soldier, died from acute heat stroke on 10 November 2004 during a military training exercise at Mount Bundey, NT. He collapsed during a patrol and despite rapid evacuation and intens…
31y · Male·Injuries sustained as a consequence of helicopter crash into water
Three emergency service personnel—pilot Andrew Carpenter (31), paramedic Craig Liddington (31), and crewman Stewart Eva (31)—died in a helicopter crash on 17 October 2003 during a night VFR flight to retrieve a patient w…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
A 26-year-old Aboriginal male, Marcellus Tipiloura, died from a self-inflicted cut throat while police and emergency services were attending. He had made threats to kill himself and his wife after consuming alcohol and c…
43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…
A 43-year-old Aboriginal woman died from a stab wound to the chest in circumstances that remain unclear. She had a complex history of depression, alcohol dependence, and family crisis (children removed from her care). Sh…
24y · Male·heart failure resulting from severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardia…
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man from a remote community collapsed and died from heart failure while heavily intoxicated on city streets. He had severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardial infarction but had never r…
37y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis with contribu…
Marshall Yantarrnga, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man with significant cardiac history (prior mitral valve replacement in 1996), presented with chest and right-sided pain, fever, and was assessed by ambulance officers on 29 …
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol. She collapsed at he…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 73-year-old man found a purse at a shopping centre and attempted to leave his details with the information desk rather than hand it in directly. A security officer, believing him suspicious, confronted, accused him of …
35y · Male·left lower lobe pneumonia
Stephen John Power died of left lower lobe pneumonia on 5 September 2003 after two failed emergency calls requesting ambulance assistance. On Thursday 4 September, dispatcher Coralie Holland failed to send an ambulance d…
37y · Male·Acute Aspiration Pneumonitis following on Quetiapine Ingestion
Paul John Long, a 37-year-old man with chronic schizoaffective disorder and alcohol dependence, died on 4 November 2002 from acute aspiration pneumonitis following quetiapine overdose. After presenting to Avro Clinic in …
17y · Male·stab wound to the right side of the chest penetrating the lower right lung
Isiah Roberts, 17, died from a stab wound to the chest sustained during an altercation at Bagot Community. Stephen Barnes, whom Roberts had beaten one week prior, was identified as the assailant. The injury penetrated th…
20y · Male·Undetermined cause (seizure-like episode with rapid death, epilepsy ruled out on…
Mansur La Ibu, a 20-year-old Indonesian fisherman, died suddenly on 26 February 2003 while detained on the fishing vessel Yamdena moored at Darwin Harbour. He experienced a seizure-like episode while confined in a small …
2y · Female·irreversible cerebral anoxia and terminal inhalation bronchopneumonia resulting …
Cindy Nguyen, a 2-year-old girl, drowned at Footscray Swimming Centre on 10 November 2000 and died from irreversible cerebral anoxia and inhalation bronchopneumonia on 15 November 2000. The coroner found that the death r…
37y · Male·primary intracerebral haemorrhage, contributed to by acute alcohol intoxication
Eric Gaykamangu, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man, died of primary intracerebral haemorrhage whilst in hospital ICU, nine days after initial presentation. He was found intoxicated outside Centrelink on 7 December 2001 with m…
18y · Male·left haemopneumothorax due to traumatic rupture of the lower lobe of the left lu…
An 18-year-old male riding a motorcycle died when the vehicle crashed into a culvert while being pursued by police. The deceased was riding whilst disqualified from holding a licence and fled from police at moderate spee…
43y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from asystolic cardiac arrest due to …
Gregory David Couper, 43, with chronic schizophrenia, experienced a psychiatric crisis at a supported residential care facility on 2 December 1998 and died the next day from restraint asphyxia. Police responded to calls …
29y · Male·hanging
A 29-year-old man remanded in custody at Adelaide Remand Centre died by hanging on 15 January 2000. At admission, he denied self-harm risk and psychiatric history; no warning signs were identified. He was found hanging f…
14y · Male·Loss of blood arising from incised wound to the left arm (cubital fossa)
A 14-year-old Aboriginal petrol sniffer brought to a remote outstation (Ilpurla) without pre-arrangement died from massive haemorrhage following a self-inflicted laceration to his arm. Clinical lessons: petrol sniffers i…
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