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80y · Male·acute myocardial ischaemia due to coronary atherosclerosis
Mr Wade, aged 80, died from acute myocardial infarction following knee surgery. On postoperative day 3, he developed chest symptoms, elevated troponin, and hypoxia. An ECG was performe…
20y · Male·drowning
Brendan Vickery, a 20-year-old, died by drowning in a quarry reservoir after jumping from a cliff. He was an adequate swimmer who appeared fit and well before jumping. After his initial jump, witnesses observed him expre…
78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…
A 78-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force chest injuries sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle run-off crash on a remote road in the Northern Territory. She was wearing a seatbelt and the crash was low-…
52y · Female·Presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy)
Mariza Beretta, a 52-year-old woman with Trisomy 21 and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, died from presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy) at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was diagnosed with genetic general…
58y · Male·Septic shock secondary to intra-abdominal collections as sequelae of osteomyelit…
…antibiotics, and underwent drainage of collections. Despite treatment, his prognosis was poor and further surgery was deemed inappropriate. He became distressed by intravenous access which required removal. He was trans…
63y · Male·Sepsis in a man with complicated peripheral vascular disease
Hong Tay, a 63-year-old man with extensive peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, and prior amputations, died from sepsis in an aged care facility following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a fall. After conservati…
63y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism
…ocumented despite being required by guidelines), and the decision to proceed with single versus bilateral surgery should be discussed earlier in consultation rather than on the day of surgery. The coroner noted that mod…
11y · Female·Pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy secondary to KCNQ2 developmental and epile…
HD was an 11-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and multiple complex medical conditions including central respiratory depression and recurrent chest infections. She died from pneumonia at home in August …
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the neck
A 25-year-old man was shot and killed during a police pursuit in May 2008 after fleeing a vehicle stop where drugs and a firearm were found. He was pursued on foot through Melbourne streets, entered a car park, fired at …
76y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis in the context of obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, an…
…form but not flagged as anaesthetic alert; (2) absent pre-operative physician assessment despite previous surgery six months earlier that required ICU admission for atrial fibrillation; (3) consultant anaesthetist's ass…
28y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from motor vehicle collision
…lision resulted in multiple severe blunt force injuries including intracranial haemorrhage, rib fractures, spinal fractures, and pelvic fractures. While seatbelt use would not have prevented death given the severity of i…
86y · Female·Bronchopneumonia complicating chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collis…
An 86-year-old woman died from bronchopneumonia complicating chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 17 June 2019. A stolen vehicle being driven recklessly by an unlicensed driver under the influence of …
Unknown·Multiple fatal injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident; for driver (Blockle…
Five young workers died in a motor vehicle accident on 7 April 2006 when the driver, aged 20, was travelling at 150-160 km/h and attempted an unsafe overtaking maneuver on the Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road. The driver lost…
36y · Male·Unascertained
A 36-year-old male psychiatrist disappeared on 25 January 2023 and is presumed deceased. He had treatment-resistant depression, was in significant pain from a recent back injury, and was prescribed opioids (Lyrica, Endon…
22y · Female·Traumatic brain injuries: diffuse axonal and intracranial haemorrhagic brain inj…
…loway. Road conditions were wet and slippery due to rain and drizzle. Ms Edwards underwent emergency neurosurgery including frontal craniectomy and ICP monitoring but suffered severe diffuse axonal and intracranial haem…
80y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
An 80-year-old man with chronic back pain died by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 1 March 2011. Five days before his death, he mentioned suicide using a rifle to his long-term general practitioner, Dr D., but…
29y · Female·Multisystem organ failure following postpartum haemorrhage due to atonic uterus
Rebecca Murray, 29, died from multisystem organ failure following postpartum haemorrhage after an emergency caesarean section at Bathurst Base Hospital on 24–25 June 2007. The coroner found her death preventable. Key cli…
Unknown·Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …
Four people died in a single vehicle rollover on Kakadu Highway, NT. The driver (Robin Riley, 46) and three unrestrained passengers (Thomas Turpin, 39; Cassandra Martin, 32; Fabian Andrews, 45) were killed when their veh…
71y · Female·pneumonia following cervical spine fracture sustained in motor vehicle collision
Julie Anne Holmes, aged 71, died of pneumonia following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a motor vehicle accident that was not diagnosed during her hospital admission. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) paramed…
74y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure
…lessons: (1) Despite inadvertent withholding of dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin and ticagrelor) before surgery on 6 November 2023, the subsequent NSTEMI was not caused by thrombotic occlusion but by supply-demand mis…
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