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53y · Male·Open finding - cause of death unable to be determined; possibilities included ac…
An experienced mariner aged 53 departed Kalbarri on 12 February 2009 in a newly purchased 42-foot fishing boat to sail solo to Useless Loop in Shark Bay, a journey expected to take less than 24 hours. He was never seen a…
45y · Female·multiple organ failure following thermal injuries (severe burns)
Wendy Bearfoot, a 45-year-old DEC (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. …
28y · Male·drowning
A 28-year-old scaffolder died by drowning after falling from a cantilevered scaffold under a loading jetty while dismantling it. The scaffold collapsed when he inadvertently struck the brace wedge instead of the transom …
35y · Male·bronchial asthma
A 35-year-old man with mild asthma died from severe bronchial asthma within hours of arriving at a Christmas Island immigration detention centre. He was initially identified as asthmatic at the jetty but not transferred …
80y · Female·Gas embolism complicating surgical repair of an atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm …
An 80-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (COPD, renal impairment, cardiac disease) underwent complex endoluminal repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm at a private hospital. The procedure required use of C…
53y · Male·Penetrating injuries to the right arm and chest
A 53-year-old male died from penetrating injuries to the right arm and chest on 25 November 2011. The coroner found the cause of death was stab wounds but made an Open Finding as to manner of death due to unexplained cir…
32y · Male·Asphyxia in a man with Friedreich's Ataxia due to positional asphyxia; unable to…
Leslie Troy Ovens, a 32-year-old man with progressive Friedreich's Ataxia, died from positional asphyxia after falling from his wheelchair. He had deteriorated significantly after hospitalisation in June 2013 and was wea…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries from concrete soakwell lid falling on deceased
An experienced crane operator/rigger was fatally crushed when an 800 kg concrete soakwell lid fell during a lifting operation. The lid was attached using 2.5 tonne lifting clutches on 1.3 tonne anchor pins (the wrong siz…
72y · Male·Metastatic bladder cancer; likely mechanism pulmonary embolism from combined eff…
A 72-year-old male underwent hip replacement despite undiagnosed metastatic bladder cancer. Following referral from his GP in May 2014 for an ultrasound showing bladder wall irregularities suspicious for cancer, urologis…
44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…
Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for street drinking under a zero-tolerance police approach. …
94y · Female·Sepsis complicating management of vulval carcinoma in an elderly woman with seve…
A 94-year-old woman with vulval carcinoma underwent suprapubic catheter insertion at a private hospital on 14 May 2014. She appeared well post-procedure with normal observations. The following day, she was transferred by…
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Troy William Murray, a 34-year-old man with a long history of substance abuse (primarily amphetamine and alcohol), psychiatric illness, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by hanging on 11 March 2012. He had bee…
0y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…
A 9.5-month-old girl with complex medical history (prematurity at 29 weeks, congenital heart disease status post multiple repairs, necrotising enterocolitis with ileostomy, failure to thrive) died from acute pneumonia ca…
50y · Male·aspiration of vomit in a man with focal coronary arteriosclerosis
Subhas Chandra, a 50-year-old man, died between 3-4 November 2013 from aspiration of vomit in the setting of focal coronary arteriosclerosis. He had been involved in a physical altercation with a housemate shortly before…
0y · Female·acute necrotising pneumonia
Masaly Mosby, a 36-day-old Aboriginal infant, died from acute necrotising pneumonia after presenting to Broome Hospital Emergency Department three times in four days but never being seen by a doctor for formal assessment…
49y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Barry Matt Stuart, a 49-year-old prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by suicide via ligature compression of the neck in November 2013. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) maintaining psychiatric continuity of care is essen…
20y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Jayden Stafford Bennell, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man and sentenced prisoner at Casuarina Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a cleaning storeroom on 6 March 2013. He had a complex psychiatric h…
50y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident at intersection
Sharon Ann D'Ercole, a 50-year-old woman, died on 12 April 2012 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Alexander and Morley Drives in Dianella, Perth. She was driving through a green t…
46y · Male·Unknown - possible causes include traumatic injury or dehydration in remote terr…
Colin John Johnston, 46, disappeared from Kennedy Range National Park on 24 October 2008 after being interviewed by police regarding possession of child exploitation material. He left notes indicating suicidal intent and…
69y · Female·unascertained
Christine Pearl Stroner, 69, died of an unascertained cause on the evening of discharge following laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hiatus hernia repair at Fremantle Hospital. She was observed at 2pm with tachycardia (HR …
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