107 results for “burns”
51y · Male·multi-organ failure due to acute kidney injury and haemodynamic shock as a conse…
A 51-year-old man with significant alcohol intoxication sustained thermal burns affecting over 60% of body surface area when he accidentally set fire to himself while homeless. He was tr…
39y · Female·Complications from burns, such burns being from acid doused over 80% of Ms Chett…
Monika Chetty, aged 39, died from complications of severe acid burns covering 80% of her body sustained in early December 2013. She was found in bushland in West Hoxton on 4 J…
48y · Male·Decompensated liver and renal disease; alcoholic liver disease in the circumstan…
…ied from decompensated liver and renal disease secondary to severe alcoholic liver disease, complicated by burns and smoke inhalation sustained in a house fire. He was rescued by police officers from a fully-engulfed ho…
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…g trees and a very high fire danger forecast. The coroner found the RFS lacked clear protocols for private burns, inadequate training for officers, and failure to consider weather forecasts. Seventeen recommendations fo…
58y · Male·85% Burns and Explosion
David Mulvaney, aged 58, died on 28 July 2007 from 85% thermal burns sustained in a drum explosion while cutting an empty 44-gallon drum containing thinners in his home shed. …
31y · Male·Complications of burns
Avjit Singh died from complications of extensive burns (95% of body) sustained during a violent incident on 4 October 2012. He had been involved in a relationshi…
24y · Male·thermal burns from motorcycle crash and fire
A 24-year-old male died from severe thermal burns sustained in a motorcycle crash. He lost control of an unfamiliar motorcycle on a curve, struck a power po…
57y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…d care resident (stroke survivor with right-sided paralysis, recent amputation, unable to speak), suffered burns on 3 August 2007 while smoking unsupervised in her facility's courtyard, despite staff having removed her …
5y · Male·Complications of burns
A 5-year-old boy died from complications of severe burns sustained during a fuel ignition incident at his father's rural property. While refuelling a small motorcy…
3y · Male·Thermal burns due to shed fire
A three-year-old boy died from thermal burns sustained in a shed fire on his family property. The fire was caused by flammable petrol vapours from fuel…
87y · Female·combined effects of ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary di…
Epenesa Pahiva, 87-year-old resident with dementia at an aged care facility, suffered severe chemical burns from inappropriate bleach treatment prescribed by dermatologist Dr B.. The coroner found the treatment its…
24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns
…anian refugee detained on Nauru under Australian offshore processing arrangements, suffered severe thermal burns (>50% TBSA) on 27 April 2016 after self-immolating at the Nibok settlement. He was airlifted to Brisbane b…
34y · Male·effects of burns
Michael Holmes, 34, died from severe burns sustained when he re-entered a burning house attempting to rescue his son. The fire originated from clothe…
53y · Male·Complications of burns sustained in a blast
A 53-year-old qualified boiler maker died from complications of severe burns sustained in a gas explosion. While attempting to remove a refrigeration compressor from a hotel cellar wi…
<1y · Male·Burns from fire
A six-month-old child died from burns after a fire started at a roadhouse accommodation when his older sibling (5 years old) ignited a portable …
Female·Complications associated with burns received at Bonny Hills on 16 August 2003 at…
Harmony Bryant, a young woman, suffered severe burns and arm fractures in a violent attack at Bonny Hills on 16 August 2003. She was airlifted to hospital but …
52y · Male·Asphyxia due to smoke inhalation from caravan fire
Brendan Craig Burns, a 52-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorder, died from asphyxia du…
29y · Female·multiple organ failure following persistent sepsis occurring as a complication o…
Cynthia Diane Ching, a 29-year-old Canadian visitor, sustained severe burns (60% of body) on 15 April 2004 when aviation fuel from a makeshift lantern was spilled onto her by one of …
34y · Male·95% total body surface area burns and inhalational injury sustained in a vehicle…
TE, a 34-year-old male, died on 22 February 2024 from 95% total body surface area burns and inhalational injury sustained in a deliberate vehicle fire on the Monash Freeway. The coroner confirme…
64y · Male·Pilot 1: Incineration due to light aircraft accident. Pilot 2: Multiorgan dysfun…
…nway. Pilot 1 died instantly from incineration; Pilot 2 died 24 days later from sepsis secondary to severe burns. Extensive investigations by multiple agencies could not definitively determine whether insufficient thrus…
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