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82y · Female·Hyperkalaemia due to acute renal failure on a background of end stage pulmonary …
An 82-year-old woman with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and chronic respiratory failure presented with chest pain, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis. She became combative and was given haloperidol and morphine for agita…
9y · Male·Hypovolaemic shock due to massive blood loss from ruptured right lung as a resul…
A 9-year-old boy, Gryphyn Brasher, was struck and killed by his father's Ford Explorer that rolled backward down a steep driveway (18.6-23.6% gradient) in Toowoomba, Queensland. The vehicle was parked in Park with the ha…
Male·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle trauma (head-on collision with truck)
Peter and Pauline Maczkowiack were killed in a head-on collision with a truck on the Bruce Highway near Marlborough, Queensland on 27 December 2006. The truck driver, Donald MacFarlane, had epilepsy. The coroner found th…
91y · Female·Sub-dural haemorrhage due to head injury due to fall
A 91-year-old woman was admitted to hospital after accidental paracetamol overdose and was found to have had a recent right occipital lobe infarction. While receiving appropriate care, she fell from her hospital bed at t…
41y · Male·Dilated cardiomyopathy
Raleigh Hoy, a 41-year-old man with schizophrenia and autistic spectrum disorder, died of dilated cardiomyopathy at a residential care facility (Tarampa After Care Centre) in Queensland in January 2007. While his mother …
Unknown·Motor vehicle trauma: Sarah - cervical spine dislocation with spinal cord transe…
On 6 May 2007, Sarah Brown and Darren Parr, rear seat passengers in a Volkswagen Golf, died following a single-vehicle motor accident on Barmoya Road near The Caves, Queensland. The vehicle, driven by Justin MacFarlane (…
45y · Male·Fulminant cardio-pulmonary decompression sickness incidental to deep water techn…
Dr B., a 45-year-old experienced recreational diver with multiple medical conditions including obesity, hypertension, Conn's syndrome, and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died from fulminant cardio-pulmonary decompressi…
43y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to traumatic rupture of splenic blood vessels du…
Michael Joseph Joy, a 43-year-old man with Wilson's disease requiring wheelchair mobility and residential care, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic vessel rupture following a fall in his bathroom on 24 F…
35y · Male·Cerebral trauma, shock and anoxia resulting from a single vehicle traffic accide…
Paul Moore, aged 35, died in a single-vehicle crash following a police pursuit on 22 September 2006. He had consumed 5-7 schooners of beer (alcohol level 0.19%) before driving away from a hotel at high speed. Police init…
0y · Male·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) against a background of sub-glottic stenosis…
Brendan Scott Kay, a 104-day-old ex-premature infant with sub-glottic stenosis from prolonged neonatal intubation, died suddenly in his parents' car during transfer home from Brisbane to Tully. The stenosis had been inve…
82y · Female·Internal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash following a police pursuit
An 82-year-old woman, Niceta Maria Madeo, died from internal injuries sustained when a stolen vehicle being pursued by police lost control and collided with her stationary car in Proserpine's central business district. T…
0y · Male·Intrapartum head injuries secondary to brow presentation and obstructed labour
Benjamin Glasgow died shortly after emergency caesarean delivery at 12:30 pm on 19 October 2006 for brow presentation, an obstructed labour. Autopsy revealed unprecedented multiple skull fractures and severe brain injury…
83y · Female·Haemorrhage due to mitral valve disease (surgically repaired); specifically haem…
An 83-year-old woman died from haemorrhage following mitral and tricuspid valve repair surgery. During intra-operative testing of the repaired mitral valve using Blake's tubing (soft rubber tubing with a bevelled end) at…
Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run (suicide by train)
Two separate suicides by train in July 2006 of young men admitted to Logan Hospital mental health services. Liam Wright (19) was transferred from the secure Acute Observation Area (AOA) to an open ward on 14 July 2006 de…
Female·Drowning (suicide)
Melissa Maree Blake died by suicide by drowning on 16 January 2007 while receiving community-based treatment for psychotic depression, which developed following a miscarriage. She was referred to Sunshine Coast Mental He…
50y · Male·electrocution
Maurice Bauer, aged 50, died from electrocution while working on electrical switchboard relocation at a residential construction site in Queensland. The employer, Mr Forsyth, made a deliberate decision to work 'live' (wi…
33y · Male·Injuries sustained when the Air Trac drill rig toppled over workbench 345, slidi…
Barry John Charles Cusack, a 33-year-old driller operator, died when an Air Trac drill rig he was operating toppled over a mine bench (345) at Mt Norma Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland on 24 November 2004. The drill became un…
Drowning or immersion; the precise medical cause could not be ascertained as onl…
This inquest examined the loss of the Malu Sara, an immigration vessel that disappeared in October 2005 with five people aboard in the Torres Strait. The custom-built vessel had serious design flaws including negative fr…
45y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
Allan Lee-Chue, a 45-year-old man with severe coronary atherosclerosis, suffered a fatal acute myocardial infarction while in police custody during transport to Mareeba police station. He collapsed suddenly in the police…
22y · Male·multi-organ failure secondary to heatstroke
Jon Edward Norman Clarke, a 22-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia-paranoid type managed with Clozapine 500mg daily plus Solian and Efexor XR, collapsed from heatstroke while working as a trolley boy on 27 January 20…
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