14 results for “hypothermia (suspected)”
Male·Unable to determine; death by misadventure in the ocean near Black Rock, Steamer…
…location. Expert opinion indicated survival time in the water would have been less than 12 hours due to hypothermia, exhaustion and dehydration, with death likely occurring within minutes if beaten against rocks without…
49y · Male·Unable to determine - most likely entry into water whilst intoxicated, possibly …
…ikely by entering the water whilst intoxicated, but cannot determine the precise cause (drowning versus hypothermia versus other). This case highlights the dangers of alcohol intoxication around water hazards, inadequat…
26y · Male·Unable to determine; possibly fall into pothole, fall through scrub, or hypother…
…he is dead but cannot determine the cause, which may have been a fall into a pothole, through scrub, or hypothermia. No evidence of survival after 1969 exists. The coroner noted that modern safety equipment did not exis…
25y · Male·Death by misadventure; probable cause hypothermia from exposure to extreme alpin…
…, NSW after encountering extreme alpine weather. The coroner found he died by misadventure, likely from hypothermia, though his body was never recovered. Clinical lessons centre on prevention: he was underprepared for a…
76y · Female·dehydration, hypothermia and exhaustion
…ct, she was never found alive. The coroner concluded she died between 8-10 March 2016 from dehydration, hypothermia and exhaustion. A critical issue emerged: mobile phone location technology (the Osprey system) provided…
34y · Male·unascertained; most likely drowning/immersion
Carlton Scott Tittums, a 34-year-old deckhand on the commercial prawn trawler Belo Star, entered the ocean without a lifejacket on 27 July 2011 while swimming towards a drifting dinghy. He was last seen swimming towards …
83y · Female·undetermined (likely hypothermia based on clinical findings)
…a died alone at home between April-August 2013. The coroner found the direct cause undetermined (likely hypothermia) but highlighted critical preventable failures: (1) Melissa, the sole carer, stopped all medical oversi…
33y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from falling from height (fifth-floor window ledge) …
… suicidal before 19 April 2013. The police negotiation was expertly conducted but could have considered hypothermia risks and medical consultation in extended standoffs.
77y · Male·Hypothermia
… Speechley, aged 77 with dementia, absconded from an aged care secure unit on 7 July 2016 and died from hypothermia in bushland. Critical systemic failures at the facility included: failure to identify him as an abscond…
Male·Drowning (confirmed for Luke Davies and Magnus Ritter; suspected but unproven fo…
Four young men drowned when their recreational fishing boat sank in Frederick Henry Bay on 31 July 2016. None held motor boat licenses despite this being a legal requirement. The boat was a 50-year-old fibreglass vessel …
35y · Male·Multiple organ failure—cause not determined to requisite standard
Robert John Ryan, a 35-year-old senior stockman, collapsed suddenly on 7 January 2015 at a farm gate near his workplace at Malahide in Tasmania, while driving his work utility during a normal workday. He presented with s…
52y · Male·Unascertained
GM, a 52-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of unascertained causes after absconding from a mental health inpatient unit on 2 December 2015. He was admitted voluntarily for management of a suspected manic…
64y · Male·Septic shock secondary to urosepsis (Pseudomonas and Stenotropomonas maltophilia…
RD, a 64-year-old man with diabetes, amputation, and COPD, presented to a private hospital emergency department with suspected sepsis (vomiting, diarrhoea, hypotension, acute kidney injury, elevated troponin, hyperkalaem…
<1y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and intracranial haemorrhage complicating obstr…
A term infant died on day 2 of life from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and intracranial haemorrhage following obstructed labour requiring emergency caesarean section. The mother presented in spontaneous labour at 39 w…
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