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14y · Male·subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of berry aneurysm
A 14-year-old boy died from subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by rupture of a berry aneurysm. He had engaged in consensual play-wrestling with an adult visitor the evening before his death, and the family questioned whethe…
35y · Male·Last: head injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash; Blinco: multiple injuries s…
Two men died in separate incidents at Black Duck Valley recreational 4WD and motorbike park. Michael Last (35) died attempting a long-distance motorcycle jump while inexperienced; Ricky Blinco (23) died when his 4WD lost…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
Robert Lee Brown, aged 22, died in a motorcycle collision with a car performing a u-turn at an intersection on Christmas Day 2006. Expert collision analysis determined the motorcycle was travelling at 69-99 km/h in a 60 …
Male·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident involving excessive speed on a be…
John Malcolm Schibrowski died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on the Burnett Highway near Bouldercombe on 23 November 2003. He was an unrestrained passenger in the rear seat of a Commodore vehicle that left th…
0y · Male·Positional asphyxia contributed to by bronchopneumonia and head injuries
Jakai Ryan Bond, a 10-week-old infant, died from positional asphyxia on 25-26 May 2006 while in his father's care. The father fell asleep holding the baby in a lounge chair; the infant was found face down on his father's…
gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…
Between October 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four cases, the shootings were legally justified as the offic…
49y · Male·Head injury due to hang gliding accident (pilot)
A 49-year-old experienced hang glider pilot died from head injuries sustained in a crash at Hughenden Airport. During a static ground tow, the aircraft failed to separate from the tow line due to a snap link catching the…
37y · Male·multiple injuries when run over by a motor vehicle on Railway Parade, Glasshouse…
David Collin Jones, aged 37, died from multiple injuries sustained when run over by a motor vehicle on Railway Parade, Glasshouse Mountains on 10 October 2007. The death followed a domestic dispute involving intoxication…
32y · Male·Systemic sarcoidosis with severe steatosis and acute myocardial infarction
A 32-year-old man with schizophrenia died at a mental health unit shortly after receiving emergency intramuscular sedation (haloperidol 10mg and midazolam 10mg) for acute agitation and refusal of oral medication. While t…
35y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident (driver)
Janet Louise Young, 35, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident involving a semi-trailer rollover. The trailer, carrying bricks loaded by Boral in a shipping container, rolled on a 90-degree ben…
56y · Female·Unknown - disappeared while walking and presumed deceased but cause could not be…
Shirley Schmidt, a 56-year-old woman, disappeared while on her usual morning walk from a holiday house in Paluma, Queensland on 15 December 1985. An extensive initial search and subsequent investigation revealed no evide…
44y · Male·Massive brain damage due to multiple skull fractures from crush injuries sustain…
Allan Wigg, aged 44, died on 3 December 2004 when the rear levelling pin securing the work platform of a banana bagging machine failed due to a defective weld. The platform collapsed, ejecting him from the operator's bas…
70y · Male·Acute coronary occlusion due to extensive coronary atherosclerosis
Kenneth Maggable, a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and prostate cancer, presented twice to Cairns Base Hospital on 8 August 2005 with respiratory complaints. After discharge at 4:50 A…
72y · Female·Congestive cardiac failure due to or as a consequence of essential hypertension
Patricia Dell Newman, aged 72, was admitted to Rockhampton Base Hospital on 11 March 2006 with profound hypotension, acute renal failure, severe malnutrition, and multi-organ failure that had developed over weeks to mont…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
Frank Maurice Whittington, aged 66, died from coronary atherosclerosis on 24 February 2004, shortly after day surgery to replace a catheter on his intrathecal morphine pump. Dr R. and RN Couper administered a 0.26ml over…
49y · Female·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage, septic and haemorrhagic shock as a result of a lapa…
Deborah Burgen died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage complicated by septic shock following delayed emergency surgery for bowel obstruction. She attended the emergency department six times over eleven days with identical …
31y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Samuel John Mills, a 31-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by suicide in Lotus Glen Correctional Centre's medical ward in 2004. Staff provided adequate supervision on the day of death; Mills denied self-harm i…
Female·Coronary atherosclerosis with ischaemic small bowel and Alzheimer's disease
Marjorie Joyce Tanner, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease, presented to Maryborough Hospital with a three-day history of abdominal pain, distension, and vomiting. Initially diagnosed with simple constipation and t…
Male·Physical injuries sustained when concrete truck rolled over at intersection of S…
Bradley James Gillies, an experienced cement truck driver, died when his fully loaded concrete truck rolled over while negotiating a right-hand turn at the intersection of Smith Street and Kumbari Avenue, Southport. The …
65y · Female·gastrointestinal haemorrhage from duodenal ulcer
Margaret Bodell, 65-year-old with severe COAD and emphysema, was admitted with respiratory failure and developed a duodenal ulcer bleeding during hospitalisation. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) careful oxygen man…
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