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42y · Male·Drowning
Two fishermen drowned after being swept into rough seas while rock fishing at Salmon Holes. Neither wore life jackets despite dangerous wave conditions. One man was retrieved deceased; the other was never found. Autopsy …
42y · Male·drowning from immersion in rough ocean waters
Two fishermen, aged 42 and 38, drowned after being swept from rocks into rough ocean at Salmon Holes near Albany, WA. Neither wore life jackets despite dangerous conditions and warning signs. Expert evidence demonstrated…
63y · Male·Atherosclerotic Heart Disease
A 63-year-old farmer presented to a small rural hospital with atypical chest pain symptoms (also reporting indigestion, shivering, and numbness). Although a registered nurse appropriately triaged him as ATS 2 (high prior…
31y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the …
31-year-old Moses Sokiri died on 26 October 2014 from bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following suicide by hanging at Greenwood train station on 12 October 2014. The deceased was in acute mental health crisis w…
36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…
A 36-year-old man with methylamphetamine intoxication was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myo…
57y · Male·immersion (drowning) - for Turner confirmed by post mortem; for Carter and Fairl…
Three fishermen died when the fishing vessel 'Returner' capsized in Nickol Bay, Western Australia on 11 July 2015. Murray Turner (57) owned and extensively modified the vessel; Chad Fairley and Mason Carter were deckhand…
57y · Male·Immersion (drowning) for Murray Turner; likely immersion (drowning) for Mason Ca…
The fishing vessel Returner capsized in Nickol Bay on 11 July 2015, killing three men including experienced skipper Murray Turner (aged 57) and deckhands Chad Fairley (29) and Mason Carter (26). The vessel's catastrophic…
Male·immersion (drowning) for Murray Turner; unascertained but likely immersion for C…
Three men died when the fishing vessel Returner capsized in Nickol Bay, Western Australia on 11 July 2015. The vessel had undergone extensive modifications by owner Murray Turner (age 57) without proper stability assessm…
50y · Male·Drowning following capsizing and disintegration of recreational fishing vessel i…
Two experienced recreational fishermen, Nigel Kitchen (50) and Andrew Hinds (57), departed Coral Bay on 29 May 2016 in a 8.2-metre vessel in deteriorating weather conditions (predicted swell 2-4 metres). Despite warnings…
23y · Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision
Ms Kyra Marjorie Carmen Narrier, a 23-year-old Indigenous woman, died on 13 November 2014 in a head-on motor vehicle collision on Thomas Road in Orelia, Perth. She was a passenger in a Hyundai Lantra driven by her partne…
41y · Male·Fulminant sepsis (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with multi-organ failure complicating s…
A 41-year-old man with newly diagnosed severe Crohn's colitis was prescribed 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) after only 5 days of hospital treatment. He had a homozygous TPMT gene deficiency (present in ~0.3% of population) that…
28y · Female·ligature compression of the neck
Mary Van Der Walt, a 28-year-old with depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder, died by hanging on 21 April 2014. Two police officers responding to her initial '000' call found her unresponsive and pulsel…
39y · Male·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision
A 39-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia on a Community Treatment Order died by suicide in a head-on motor vehicle collision. He had been appropriately managed on depot antipsychotic medication with generall…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
A 42-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder subject to a Community Treatment Order died in a single-vehicle motor crash in rural Western Australia. He had poor insight, chronic medication non-adherence, and a pattern…
54y · Female·Opioid toxicity (predominantly fentanyl)
54-year-old woman with diabetes, obesity, and multiple opioid allergies underwent groin surgery at a private hospital. Anaesthetist Dr Y. prescribed a 75mcg/hr fentanyl patch post-operatively for chronic pain management …
0y · Male·hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia and haemorrhage with uterine rupture in a …
A neonate died shortly after birth from hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia, haemorrhage and uterine rupture following prolonged rupture of membranes during a planned vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). The mother at…
49y · Male·bronchopneumonia
49-year-old male seaman died of bronchopneumonia with secondary pericarditis on a cargo vessel 30 nautical miles off Port Hedland. He developed acute abdominal pain and vomiting on 29 September 2012 and deteriorated rapi…
49y · Male·Complications of penetrating sharp force injuries through the chest and abdomen …
Graeme Leslie Syme (Beasley), a 49-year-old male on parole with methamphetamine use history, died from penetrating chest and abdominal stab wounds he self-inflicted. Key clinical lessons: his case involved self-harm foll…
50y · Male·coronary artery atherosclerosis causing sudden fatal cardiac arrhythmia
Ejub Mehinovic, a 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia managed on clozapine, died from coronary artery atherosclerosis causing sudden fatal cardiac arrhythmia. He was under a Community Treatmen…
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train
A 47-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and anxiety died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She had attempted suicide in November 2014 and was admitted to Bentley Hospital for psychiatric t…
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