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0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to post-operative respiratory distres…
A 10-month-old boy died following elective cleft palate repair surgery complicated by post-operative respiratory distress and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. Initial laryngospasm led to suspected post-obstructive pu…
2y · Male·Crush chest injuries
A two-year-old boy died from crush chest injuries after a heavy homemade hallway table (approximately 70kg, made from a railway sleeper) toppled onto him while he was playing at home. He was found unresponsive by his par…
13y · Male·Effects of fire due to motor vehicle collision
A 13-year-old boy in youth residential care, grieving his mother's death one year prior, forcibly entered the facility office with a companion and stole a carer's car keys. They drove to their hometown, lost control of t…
0y · Male·Acute traumatic head injury (non-accidental)
A 7-month-old child died from acute traumatic head injury sustained from non-accidental blunt force. Clinical lessons include: medical staff should strongly reinforce urgent referrals (the child had a critical GP referra…
Mixed·Hannah Clarke: multi-organ failure due to effects of fire; Aaliyah, Laianah and …
Hannah Clarke, aged 33, and her three children (ages 6, 4, and 3) were killed by her estranged husband Rowan Baxter on 19 February 2020 in Camp Hill, Queensland. Baxter forced his way into Hannah's car, doused the family…
49y · Female·Doreen Langham: combination of spleen injury and effects of fire; Gary Hely: eff…
Doreen Langham was killed by her intimate partner Gary Hely in an intimate partner homicide-suicide on 22 February 2021 in Queensland. The death was preceded by extensive domestic violence including physical assaults, co…
14y · Male·Hanging
A 14-year-old boy died by hanging after extensive exposure to domestic and family violence and child abuse, primarily from his father. Child Safety Services involvement began in infancy but failed to apply a trauma-infor…
24y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
Jesse Aaron Kermode, 24, died after being shot by police at Ipswich Railway Station on 16 September 2018. He had a longstanding history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance abuse, with repeated documented p…
50y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest
Mark Sheppard, aged 50, died from gunshot wounds sustained during a police response to a hoax emergency call at a caravan park. He had terminal end-stage COPD with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and was using home oxygen…
45y · Male·Unknown
Jason Barry Guise, a 45-year-old man with a history of methylamphetamine addiction and recent release from custody, disappeared on 21 April 2019 and was found deceased in a sewage treatment tank on 8 May 2019. Forensic p…
23y · Male·Drowning/immersion
Troy Mathieson (23) and Hughie Morton (21) drowned in flood waters while entering a culvert to avoid police detention during extreme flooding in Townsville on 4 February 2019. The men entered a flooded drain after being …
28y · Male·Gunshot wounds of the neck, chest and abdomen
Tyson Jessen, a 28-year-old man wanted for armed robbery in Victoria, was arrested in Queensland and admitted to Ipswich Hospital with cardiac symptoms. While in police custody, he remained under guard in hospital. Senio…
54y · Male·Multiple injuries due to crane rollover (bucket passenger); fall from height exc…
A professional photographer aged 54 died when an elevated work platform (EWP) with a 70-metre boom collapsed at 50 metres height after a rear outrigger sank into unstable ground. The casualty suffered multiple traumatic …
28y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest causing cardiovascular collapse due to laceration, hy…
Johann Ofner, a professional stunt performer, died on 23 January 2017 after being shot with a shotgun during filming of a music video in Brisbane. He was believed to be using blank-fire ammunition; however, theatrical ar…
36y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
Daniel Lewis, aged 36, died from gunshot wounds after police responded to a domestic violence call. Lewis had a history of brain injury from age 11, substance abuse, mental health issues including PTSD and drug-induced p…
24y · Female·Undetermined
Monique Irene Clubb, a 24-year-old with opioid addiction following a serious motor vehicle accident, disappeared on 22 June 2013 after obtaining prescriptions for fentanyl patches and diazepam from a medical centre in Be…
39y · Male·Cardiac arrest in a person with pre-existing severe ischaemic heart disease who …
A 39-year-old First Nations man with severe ischaemic heart disease died following police restraint and ambulance care during an emergency examination authority detention. He had sniffed petrol and threatened self-harm; …
22y · Male·Head injury from bus rollover accident while unrestrained passenger
A 70-year-old bus driver experienced momentary inattention while driving a route service bus, causing it to drift off the road, strike a culvert and roll onto its side. Casey Lenard Brown, a 22-year-old passenger, died f…
5y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning
A 5-year-old boy who could not swim drowned in a public aquatic centre after crossing from a shallow ramp area into a 1.2-metre deep main pool, unobserved by his parents. He was underwater for 90 seconds before being ret…
45y · Male·Recurrence of ventricular fibrillation due to Brugada Syndrome
Craig Williams, 45, suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in 2015 due to presumptive Brugada Syndrome. He survived with severe hypoxic brain injury and spent 10 months rehabilitating at Cairns Hospital, where he was…
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