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…
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 …
63y · Male·cerebral infarction
John Arthur Burns, a 63-year-old man with frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease, died from cerebral infarction o…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure arising from being a victim of h…
…mputer monitor powered by cascaded power boards, which created electrical instability. Mr Walker sustained burns to approximately 30% of his body and severe smoke inhalation, was rescued unconscious, and transported to …
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…
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…
0y · 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 …
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 …
4y · Male·Complications of cutaneous thermal burn injuries
…ICU care at Royal Children's Hospital, Abdullah died on 24 April 2011 from systemic burn complications, respiratory distress syndrome and hypoxaemia. The death was preventable through basic fire safety measures: securin…
64y · Male·Sepsis and lung collapse precipitated by burns to 35% of body sustained while sm…
…el Warren, a 64-year-old man with rapidly progressive Motor Neurone Disease (MND), died from sepsis and respiratory complications following severe burns sustained while smoking in a hospital courtyard. He was alone, una…
29y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia complicated by multi-drug toxicity
…nit. Admitted 12 August 2005, he was on clozapine, valproic acid, and clonazepam. After sustaining thermal burns on 21 August, the resident medical officer prescribed Panadeine Forte (codeine-containing analgesic) witho…
76y · Male·Effects of fire due to home oxygen ignition in the setting of smoking; lung canc…
…nted continued smoking despite counselling about risks. A prior fire incident on 27 December caused facial burns but did not prompt oxygen supply review or respiratory consultation. The coroner found the death preventab…
33y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during restraint, involving a predisposition to cardiac…
…etamine-induced psychosis, was restrained prone by police, and deteriorated clinically showing signs of respiratory compromise before paramedics administered midazolam while he was deeply unconscious and likely in cardi…
25y · Female·inhalation of petrol (hydrocarbon inhalation)
This is a complex coroner's inquest into three Aboriginal deaths from petrol inhalation on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. Kunmanara Hunt, age 25, died on 27 January 2001 after inhaling petrol fumes while lying face-dow…
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