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61y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
A 61-year-old woman was struck by a bus at Croydon Railway Station while crossing a pedestrian zebra crossing. She sustained severe injuries and went into cardiac arrest upon arrival at Royal Melbourne Hospital, where sh…
26y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from height
Reece D'Antonio, aged 26, died after falling eight stories from the 15th floor of a building while attempting to evade police during a criminal operation. He had entered an apartment and climbed over the balcony, possibl…
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
A 57-year-old man with 28-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by suicide when he absconded from an acute psychiatric unit and stepped in front of a train. Despite comprehensive psychiatric management i…
19y · Male·Drowning
Xu Zhou, a 19-year-old inexperienced swimmer, drowned while abalone fishing at Altona Beach on 6 January 2018. He and friends drifted into deeper water due to strong wind and currents. Despite rescue attempts by bystande…
41y · Male·Drowning
Xuan Truong Ha, a 41-year-old man, drowned while abalone fishing at Williamstown Beach on 6 January 2018. He and a friend entered the water at approximately 5pm to fish for abalone. At 6pm, a severe cool change brought s…
53y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly in a man using synthetic cannab…
A 53-year-old man died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia while travelling on a train. Autopsy revealed coronary artery atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly, with toxicology showing synthetic cannabinoid (Cumyl-PeGACLONE) use. The…
92y · Female·Complications of a fractured left femur (operated), sustained in a fall
Dorothy Lorraine Boyle, aged 92, died from complications of a left femoral fracture sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. She fell while attempting to push out a wandering dementia-affected resident who had enter…
85y · Female·Multisystem failure complicating ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel in …
Lydia Maxfield, 85, died 5 days after elective left total knee replacement at a private hospital from multisystem failure due to ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel. Critical clinical lessons: (1) Multiple abnorm…
61y · Male·Undetermined
Gerard Guy Vaz, a 61-year-old man with bipolar disorder, obstructive sleep apnoea, and renal impairment, was admitted to Maroondah Hospital on 2 April 2015 with acute manic relapse with psychosis. He was administered zuc…
44y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident
A 44-year-old man with complex psychiatric history and substance abuse was killed in a motorcycle collision while driving unlicensed and under the influence of methylamphetamine. A 92-year-old driver, disoriented after b…
61y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
A 61-year-old legally blind man was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a busy highway with his guide dog. He sustained severe head injuries including subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage, and diffuse axonal injury…
79y · Female·Ischaemic bowel in the setting of cardiomegaly, pneumonia and chronic renal fail…
A 79-year-old woman died from ischaemic bowel in the setting of cardiomegaly, pneumonia and chronic renal failure, four days after discharge from hospital following a hysterectomy for endometrial cancer. Key clinical les…
52y · Male·C2, C3, C4 spinal injury sustained from a fall secondary to seizures
A 52-year-old man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability living in disability accommodation fell in the bathroom after a seizure and sustained cervical spine fractures (C2-C3-C4). He was admitted to h…
0y · Male·Head injury in the setting of labour
Baby Cai Wheeler-Trow was born at 36 weeks and 2 days following a failed instrumental delivery and emergency caesarean section. He developed a skull fracture and subgaleal haemorrhage, presenting with clinical deteriorat…
3y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating drowning
A 3-year-old boy drowned in a home swimming pool after the pool gate failed to latch properly due to wear and lack of maintenance. The gate did not comply with Australian Standards requiring self-closing and self-latchin…
27y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (driver)
A 27-year-old male died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision while performing a U-turn in his work utility vehicle. He was directing traffic signage as part of his employment when he attempted to turn acr…
45y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
Colleen Fermanian, 45, died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained on 24-25 March 2017. She had a history of heavy alcohol use and advanced liver disease. The circumstances of her injury remain unclear—it could ha…
0y · Female·Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV 1)
An 11-day-old neonate died from disseminated HSV-1 infection acquired perinatally. She presented with sepsis-like symptoms including lethargy, poor feeding, fever and respiratory signs. Clinical management was appropriat…
31y · Female·Single contact range gunshot wound to the head
Karen Belej, 31, was fatally shot by her de facto partner Brandon Osborn during a family violence incident on 1 May 2016 in rural Victoria. Osborn, a prohibited firearm possessor following a family violence intervention …
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest and transportation to the police vehicl…
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