23y · Male·Acute cardiac arrhythmia in 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) intoxicat…
Tristan Naudi, 23, died from acute cardiac arrhythmia during MDMA intoxication while being restrained prone at hospital. Police appropriately placed…
33y · Male·presumed fatal cardiac arrhythmia in the presence of coronary artery atheroscler…
…ortisol result (critically low) was not validated until 2 January 2013, after the patient died of presumed fatal cardiac arrhythmia. Key lessons: inadequate communication and handover documentation of pending tests led …
38y · Male·Acute drug toxicity due to clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia
…soner with schizophrenia on clozapine died suddenly in prison from acute drug toxicity (clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia). He had been transferred from psychiatric hospital to prison on 20 July 2007 with stabilised …
29y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia triggered by myocardial ischaemia arising from physical exert…
Brandon Rich, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man, died from cardiac arrhythmia triggered by myocardial ischaemia following a police struggle at his home. He had undiagnosed …
39y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia following violent exertion necessitating physical restraint i…
39-year-old Chad Riley died from cardiac arrhythmia following violent exertion during physical restraint. He presented to hospital intoxicated wit…
43y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia (unascertained), probably fatal cardiac dysrhythmia
A 43-year-old woman collapsed at home and was found in cardiac arrest after 20-25 minutes. Ambulance arrived and recognised ventricular fibrillation but failed to defib…
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
…lth order, and shackled to bed. After freeing himself and being restrained by security staff, he suffered cardiac arrest with hypoxic brain injury and died. Contributing factors included failure to recognise cannabis wi…
56y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis
…g presented to his GP on 17 February 2020 with right upper quadrant discomfort. The GP did not consider a cardiac source, attributing symptoms to abdominal pathology. The patient died suddenly the following day from a f…
24y · Male·heart failure resulting from severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardia…
…ring an altercation (when the deceased became aggressive) was found not to contribute to death. The actual fatal trigger was likely his physical exertion running away from the encounter. Clinical lesson: young intoxicat…
16y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia or hypoxia in the setting of hydrocarbon inhalation
Bradley Hope, 16, died from cardiac arrhythmia or hypoxia following inhalation of hydrocarbon propellants from an aerosol deodorant purchased…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to paraquat ingestion
…arcoal administration at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the ingested dose (160mg/L blood concentration) was fatal. The coroner found no medical intervention could have prevented death and that appropriate care was provid…
47y · Male·organ failure following cardiorespiratory impairment in a man with arteriosclero…
…e suffered irreversible hypoxic brain injury and died three days later. Synthetic cannabinoids triggered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a man with 65% stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. While priso…
80y · Female·sudden cardiac arrest due to multiple post-operative complications including myo…
…prolonging drugs (erythromycin and metoclopramide) without obtaining or reviewing her ECG, contributing to fatal cardiac arrhythmia. The coroner found her death was multifactorial but recommended that ECGs be performed …
54y · Male·Unable to be ascertained. Multiple contributing factors identified: arrhythmogen…
…h crisis during police response. Contributing factors included: arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (undetected cardiac condition); combined doxepin and venlafaxine toxicity (patient overdosed significantly); physiological st…
24y · Male·drowning by misadventure following accidental fall overboard from fishing vessel…
…ive, gasp reflex, reduced breath-holding), cardiovascular (sudden heart rate and blood pressure changes, arrhythmia risk), and psychological (panic). These responses, combined with his lack of sea experience, the vessel'…
56y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
Leigh Ronald Roberts, 56-year-old male, died from coronary atherosclerosis with severe stenosis affecting all three main coronary arteries. He presented to his GP on 17 and 21 February 2020 with respiratory symptoms (cou…
17y · Female·Arrhythmia due to myocardial scarring secondary to past myocarditis, possibly fr…
Holly Brown, 17, died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia from undiagnosed heart scarring likely due to childhood rheumatic fever. She collapsed …
49y · Male·Coronary artery occlusion due to, or as a consequence of, coronary artery athero…
…cal lessons include: (1) chest pain in high-risk patients (age, ethnicity, male gender) should be assumed cardiac until proven otherwise, not dismissed by patient denial; (2) vital signs assessment was incomplete—blood …
73y · Female·head injuries suffered in a fall; skull fractures with bruising to the brain and…
…ed or lost balance after walking down approximately three of ten stairs, landing head-first and sustaining fatal skull fractures with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Pacemaker data showed brief ventricular tachycardia and asy…
63y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia complicating cardiac arrest in a ma…
Armin Schaefer, a 63-year-old man with schizophrenia, cardiac risk factors, and emphysema, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia following cardiac arr…
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