397 results for “asphyxia”
66y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
Dr P., aged 66, died from plastic bag asphyxia on 20 March 2014. She and her friend Valerie Seeger, who had Alzheimer's disease and heart disease, delib…
58y · Male·asphyxia
… with instructions to return by 4pm. While his partner showered, he walked to nearby bushland and died by asphyxia. The coroner found that with adequate mental health bed capacity, he would likely have been admitted and …
15y · Female·Asphyxia due to hanging
…erman's Memorial Park, St Helens, Tasmania on 17 February 2015. The coroner found she died from voluntary asphyxia with intention to end her life. Eden had suffered from depressive illness, with a history of self-harm an…
77y · Female·Asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering
…e psychotic episode at her home in Launceston, Tasmania, between 22-23 April 2012. The cause of death was asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering. The perpetrator had never been assessed or treated for mental h…
29y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia
…n to involve IAT lacked proper medical consultation; IAT officers were inadequately trained on positional asphyxia risks; nursing staff failed to monitor David's breathing when he complained of difficulty breathing; and …
26y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of neck compression
…ssive when asked to leave. During the ensuing struggle, his brother applied neck compression resulting in asphyxia. Bystanders initiated resuscitation but he remained brain-dead. The coronial investigation found no misse…
Female·Multiple injuries and traumatic asphyxia due to motor vehicle injuries
… rolled over on the loose dirt surface. Moroney was ejected and died from multiple injuries and traumatic asphyxia. The coroner found no mechanical defect, excessive speed, or other contributing factors beyond alcohol an…
69y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…ical comorbidities (diabetes, amputation, prostate cancer, recent MI) and cognitive impairment, died from asphyxia after choking on food while a resident at Roy Fagan Centre, a psychiatric hospital for older persons. He …
Multiple deaths caused by blunt head injury, multiple crush injuries, and trauma…
…. Post-mortem examinations revealed deaths from blunt head injury, multiple crush injuries, and traumatic asphyxia. Crabbe was convicted of five counts of murder. This case highlights the catastrophic consequences of dri…
20y · Female·unascertained
…g unwell for approximately one week with flu-like symptoms. Autopsy findings were concerning for possible asphyxia due to neck compression, with deep bruising to the anterior and posterior neck, petechial haemorrhages, a…
87y · Female·combined effects of pentobarbitone, oxazepam, amlodipine and zopiclone ingestion…
…g ingestion (pentobarbitone, oxazepam, zopiclone, amlodipine) with evidence of smothering and plastic bag asphyxia. This was a planned end-of-life death undertaken with her husband's assistance. Mrs Shaw was a long-term …
21y · Male·undetermined causes, in the course of being restrained by members of the NSW Pol…
…s include: recognising drug-induced psychosis requiring de-escalation not force; understanding positional asphyxia risks when multiple officers restrain prone individuals; avoiding multiple Taser applications to handcuff…
60y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia
Steven McHugh, a 60-year-old man, died from plastic bag asphyxia in Junee Correctional Centre on 31 March/1 April 2022. He had recently been extradited from Victoria to N…
55y · Female·asphyxia due to choking on food (steak)
…e comorbidities including morbid obesity, schizophrenia, depression, and substance use disorder died from asphyxia caused by choking on food while at a friend's home in supported accommodation. She was on multiple centra…
56y · Female·Acute combined drug toxicity
…ell in her bathroom while intoxicated, becoming wedged in a confined space that contributed to positional asphyxia. Clinical lessons include: careful monitoring of patients transitioning between opioids; recognising that…
26y · Female·Unlawful Homicide - positional asphyxia during violent assault and sexual attack
A 26-year-old Aboriginal woman died from positional asphyxia during a violent assault and sexual attack by her intimate partner. She sustained traumatic brain injurie…
46y · Male·Traumatic injuries to the head and neck together with positional asphyxia
…e suspended upside-down in his seatbelt, sustaining fatal head and neck injuries compounded by positional asphyxia. While not a medical case, this death highlights the critical danger of driving under the influence of mu…
70y · Male·Mechanical asphyxia from being crushed under car
A 70-year-old retired diesel mechanic died from mechanical asphyxia after being crushed under a vehicle he was working on at home. He had positioned a jack on rocky, sloped …
82y · Male·mechanical asphyxia from being pinned beneath overturned ATV
An 82-year-old man died from mechanical asphyxia after rolling a Polaris side-by-side ATV on a farm. He lost control while moving sheep, collided with a g…
35y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident; mechanical asphyxia due to sever…
Katie Louise Broadbent, a 35-year-old theatre technician, died from mechanical asphyxia caused by crush injuries when run over by a motor vehicle at an unregulated rural music festival. The dri…
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