118 results for “chronic alcohol intoxication”
52y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Roderick Dillon, a 52-year-old man, died from a gunshot wound to the head. While depression, chronic pain, and some circumstantial evidence suggested possible suicide, the coroner was unable to establish th…
44y · Male·Unascertained; presumed exposure
…e disorder, disappeared from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia on 28 January 2018. He had been drinking alcohol and was not carrying his essential medications (warfarin and levetiracetam). Medical staff had advised he…
54y · Male·unknown, possibly drowning, with possible contribution from marine predation or …
…ould have struggled to survive. Key clinical lessons include recognising signs of impaired judgment and intoxication affecting risk assessment, the importance of basic safety equipment being accessible rather than stored…
66y · Female·Blood loss due to tearing of the spleen and fractured ribs occasioned by a motor…
…teriorated—she became increasingly somnolent and eventually unconscious—but officers attributed this to intoxication rather than recognising concealed internal injuries and progressive shock. She was found pulseless at 1…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, methadone, diazepam and risperidone)
Cassilla Ellen Dooley, a 34-year-old woman with chronic mental illness and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving ethanol, methadone, diaz…
41y · Male·Hanging
Stuart Alan Ronning, a 41-year-old man with recurrent depressive disorder, alcohol dependency, and previous suicide attempts, presented to Royal Melbourne Hospital emergency department aft…
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 b…
53y · Female·Combined effects of alcohol, amitriptyline, and methadone
Joanne Lovelock, a 53-year-old woman with chronic pain, died from combined effects of alcohol, amitriptyline, and methadone on Christmas Day 2015. She had …
56y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic rupture due to blunt force injury to …
David Michael Clarke, aged 56, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic rupture following blunt force injury to his back. The fatal injury occurred after he was kicked by Jeffrey Zinn during a violent alterca…
18y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression from hangi…
…18-year-old Aboriginal man died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest from hanging. He had a chronic petrol-sniffing habit and was acutely intoxicated on petrol when he hanged himself after a police inciden…
54y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted), following the death of Lynette Ann Kent from stab woun…
…situation. Peter's previous suicide threat a decade earlier, coupled with escalating obsessive behaviour, alcohol use, and explicit threats to harm Lyn and her new partner, were not escalated to mental health services. …
36y · Female·Excited delirium
…n died from excited delirium during a physical altercation with her 16-year-old son. She had longstanding alcohol and cannabis use, borderline personality disorder with features of post-traumatic stress related to child…
33y · Female·heroin toxicity
Yvette Havet, a 33-year-old woman recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, died of heroin toxicity in May 2007. The coroner found that her fiancé administered t…
38y · Male·Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage due to complete tear of the vertebral artery …
Jason Scott Picken, a 38-year-old man with a history of depression, chronic pain, and prior convictions, died from traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a vertebral artery te…
45y · Male·sepsis with infective endocarditis, right lobar pneumonia (with abscess formatio…
…man with severe disability (wheelchair-bound following burn injury), borderline personality disorder, and chronic medical conditions including ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and recent pneumonia died f…
31y · Female·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
…ealth history, subjectively Tessa's BPD caused her to catastrophise these workplace issues. Combined with alcohol intoxication and temporal proximity to the meeting, these factors contributed to her suicide. The coroner…
44y · Male·coronary artery disease superimposed upon chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
…owing cardiac arrest while in police custody after being found at Vestey's Beach. He had suffered severe, chronic alcohol abuse with multiple protective custody episodes. Critically, when he requested an ambulance at 7:…
38y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
…with severe coronary artery blockage and pulmonary edema. He collapsed in a drinking area after consuming alcohol while acutely ill with a bad cough. Police, believing him intoxicated, took him into protective custody. …
60y · Female·neck compression by ligature strangulation
… that Ms Morgan should have been classified as 'high need' rather than 'medium risk' based on her gross intoxication, reported suicidal history, PTSD diagnosis, and assertion of recent overdose. Mandatory 15-minute obser…
60y · Female·effects of fire in a woman with alcohol effect
A 60-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia died in a domestic fire on 26 July 2014. The day before, her son sought help from …
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