91 results for “acute alcohol toxicity”
27y · Male·Blunt head trauma and severe multiple injuries sustained in a single motor vehic…
Two people died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash on 7 April 2012 in Alice Springs. The driver, Clifford Norman (27), was unlicensed, intoxicated (0.259% BAC—over five times legal limit), and speeding at 171 km/h in a …
43y · Male·multiple injuries from a motorcycle collision
…raffic control crossover on Tiger Brennan Drive, Darwin at 2:17am on 30 April 2016. While Bonnell's blood alcohol level of 0.204% and cannabis use significantly impaired his riding ability, the coroner found the tempora…
27y · Male·Airway obstruction due to a combination of positional asphyxia, aspiration and a…
27-year-old Aboriginal man died in Alice Springs Watch House from airway obstruction due to acute alcohol intoxication, positional asphyxia and aspiration. He was detained in protective custody after bein…
39y · Female·multiple drug toxicity (etizolam and carisoprodol as major components)
Catherine Broadbent, 39, died from multiple drug toxicity involving benzodiazepines (etizolam, carisoprodol) sourced from the dark web, in the context of chronic b…
51y · Male·Combined effects of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and seizure activity …
John Spence, a 51-year-old man with a history of seizures, alcoholism, and severe coronary artery disease, died in a prison health centre following a seizure episode. He ha…
19y · Male·Toxic effects of multiple drugs, primarily gammahydroxybutyric acid (GHB), causi…
Charlie Robertson, a 19-year-old university student, died from polydrug toxicity (cocaine, MDMA, and GHB) on 13 June 2015. During the early morning execution of a police search warrant a…
47y · Male·organ failure following cardiorespiratory impairment in a man with arteriosclero…
Damien Matthew Purnell, a 47-year-old prisoner with a long history of polysubstance abuse and undiagnosed coronary artery disease, collapsed in his cell after smoking synthetic cannabinoids (Kronic). Despite immediate re…
32y · Male·Valproic Acid Overdose
Mark Bethell, a 32-year-old with bipolar affective disorder and borderline personality disorder, died from valproic acid overdose at a crisis accommodation facility. He was admitted to John Cade Psychiatric Unit followin…
Unknown·Stacey: hanging; Seth: undetermined causes (likely suffocation, drowning, or str…
Stacey Docherty, a 38-year-old woman with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse, killed her 3-year-old son Seth before taking her own life in Mar…
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
…osis emerged. He was found unresponsive in his cell. The autopsy excluded head injury, sepsis, and opioid toxicity but could not definitively exclude withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia. Clinical lessons: di…
22y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
22-year-old Deborah McKenzie, an Aboriginal woman, died by hanging on 13 March 2013 after a complex sequence of failures in mental health care and police procedures. She had reported her partner Shane Woods to police for…
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