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82y · Female·traumatic closed head injury (subdural haematoma) resulting from a fall from sta…
Mrs Emily Jones, 82, died from subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall at Royal Hobart Hospital on 15 November 2021. She was admitted five days after discharge from Hobart Private Hospital where she was treated …
68y · Male·Sudden cardiac death due to congestive cardiac failure and chronic obstructive p…
Wayne Victor Rouse, 68, died from sudden cardiac death at a residential aged care facility when CPR was not provided despite his active resuscitation order. Staff incorrectly believed he had a 'do not resuscitate' order …
78y · Male·subdural haematoma
Robert William East, 78, died from a subdural haematoma sustained when his electric wheelchair became uncontrollable on a gravel path in Glenmore Creek Reserve. He had consumed approximately five beers at the Granada Tav…
66y · Female·aspiration pneumonitis and gangrenous necrosis of both feet
A 66-year-old woman with untreated rheumatoid arthritis, severe lower limb cellulitis with gangrenous necrosis, and a personality disorder died from aspiration pneumonitis. She had progressive immobility, lived on a couc…
41y · Male·Stab wound to the abdomen
A 41-year-old man died from a stab wound to the abdomen sustained during an altercation at a service station. He suffered a single penetrating injury to the left abdomen adjacent to the umbilicus, causing haemoperitoneum…
31y · Male·Multiple chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
Bradley John Kremmer, age 31, died from multiple chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 15 July 2022. He was riding a high-powered motorcycle at excessive speed in a suburban street when he lost …
75y · Male·pneumonia and head injury from fall
Peter Harris, aged 75, was admitted with behavioural disturbance and hyponatraemia (low serum sodium of 124 mmol/L). Initial clinical assessment did not identify falls risk. After 4 days, he fell backwards suddenly while…
60y · Male·Unable to determine; probable drowning based on circumstances
Dale Waverley Nicholson, aged 60, disappeared on 11 December 2016 and was found deceased in his vehicle submerged in the Derwent River near New Norfolk, Tasmania in January 2023. Post-mortem examination revealed extensiv…
64y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis with early myocardial infarction
A 64-year-old man suffered acute myocardial infarction at home. His wife called triple-0 at 10:34 am reporting classic cardiac symptoms: sudden sweating, shortness of breath, and shoulder pain. The emergency dispatch sys…
20y · Male·Blunt traumatic injuries from fall from height
Carter Jim Taylor, a 20-year-old apprentice builder, died following a fall from a 30-metre cliff at Clifton Beach, Tasmania on 2 April 2022. While walking near the cliff edge with friends, he lost his footing, slid down …
45y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methylamphetamine
Barbara Dobson, a 45-year-old woman with a long history of substance abuse, violent relationships, and mental health issues, died of mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methylamphetamine on 24 February 2020. Police …
92y · Male·left haemothorax and rib fractures resulting from a fall at a residential aged c…
A 92-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (cardiac failure, COPD, chronic renal failure, diabetes) and documented high falls risk sustained a fall at a residential aged care facility on 12 May 2021, resulting in left…
45y · Male·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Andrew Quentin Turner, aged 45, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision with a parked vehicle at his home. Mr Turner had consumed alcohol (blood alcohol concentration 0.194 g/100mL…
61y · Male·hanging, the result of actions undertaken by the deceased alone, voluntarily and…
Rickie Underwood Barron, aged 61, died by hanging in Tasmania's Ron Barwick Minimum Security Prison on 10-11 January 2022. He had been incarcerated since 2019 for sexual offences and received appropriate medical care for…
82y · Male·hypostatic pneumonia
An 82-year-old man with dementia and multiple comorbidities died of hypostatic pneumonia following complications from a fall at a residential aged care facility. He sustained an L2 compression fracture from an unwitnesse…
49y · Female·strangulation
Jingai Zhang, a 49-year-old sex worker, died from strangulation during a consensual sexual encounter on 26 December 2020 in Launceston, Tasmania. The perpetrator, Tobias Pick, applied excessive pressure to her neck using…
83y·cardiac tamponade due to haemopericardium resulting from traumatic parietal peri…
An 83-year-old woman presented to the ED with chest pain and was found to have a pericardial effusion. She underwent an aortic angiogram but critical investigations including echocardiography were not clearly documented.…
29y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to stenotic coronary vessel (left anterior desce…
Rebecca Richardson, a 29-year-old with type 1 diabetes and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction on 7-9 May 2019. She presented to NWRH ED on 6 May with abdominal pain and vomiting, initially attri…
69y · Male·amitriptyline and alcohol toxicity with ischaemic heart disease
A 69-year-old man with longstanding anxiety, depression, heavy alcohol use, and multiple prior intentional overdoses of amitriptyline died from combined amitriptyline and alcohol toxicity with underlying ischaemic heart …
84y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall; specifically facial bone fractures a…
An 84-year-old man with primary progressive aphasia and cognitive decline residing in aged care sustained fatal head and neck injuries from a fall on 13 May 2020. He had experienced seven documented falls over 2.5 months…
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