Coronial

52 results for severe burns

NSWhospital2024-03-28

Inquest into the death of Monika Chetty

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 Ho…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryemergency medicinediagnosticsystem
VIChospital2011-08-23

Finding into death of Roderick Allen

48y · Male·Decompensated liver and renal disease; alcoholic liver disease in the circumstan…

Roderick Allen, 48, died 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 rescu…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
VIChospital2015-10-30

Finding into death of Avjit Singh

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…

emergency medicineintensive care
TAS2017-03-27

Coroner's Finding: Mr JC 105 TASAD 2017

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, str…

QLDhospital2025-03-14

Non-inquest findings - a 5 year old boy

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 m…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryintensive careprocedural
QLDhospital2021-11-01

Masoumali, Omid

24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns

… 24-year-old Iranian 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…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryintensive carecommunicationsystem
VIChospital2018-08-31

Finding into death of David William Lobb

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 cel…

intensive caretrauma surgeryproceduralsystem
VIC2009-11-25

Finding into death of Phillip Anthony Cullen

49y · Male·effects of fire (70% body surface area full and partial thickness burns)

A 49-year-old man died from severe burns sustained at a hotel beer garden fireplace. He had consumed approximately 20 pots of beer over two d…

emergency medicineintensive caresystemalcohol
VIChospital2023-07-06

Finding into death of Michael Alan Holmes

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 …

emergency medicinetrauma surgerysystemfentanyl
NTcommunity2006-05-04

Inquest into the death of Cynthia Diane Ching

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 o…

plastic and reconstructive surgeryintensive careproceduralsystemmorphine
VIChome2008-05-10

Finding into death of David Mario Mulvaney

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. …

emergency medicineintensive care
VIChome2015-12-08

Finding into death of Stanly Roger Walker

84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure arising from being a victim of h…

…oger Walker, aged 84, died on 5 July 2008 from bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure following a severe house fire on 16 June 2008 at his Footscray home. The fire started in a CRT computer monitor powered by ca…

NSWcommunity2011-04-01

Coroner's Finding: Harmony Bryant

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 hospita…

emergency medicineintensive carecommunicationsystem
QLD2024-08-22

Non-inquest findings into the deaths of Pilot 1 and Pilot 2

64y · Male·Pilot 1: Incineration due to light aircraft accident. Pilot 2: Multiorgan dysfun…

… the runway. 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…

system
NT2001-08-17

Inquest into the death of Blake Harvey

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 …

emergency medicineretrieval medicineproceduralsystem
TAShome2026-02-17

Coroner's Finding: Gregory and Diane Burkhalter

73y · Male·Gregory Frank Burkhalter: carbon monoxide toxicity due to inhalation of carbon m…

…ailure and combustion. Mr Burkhalter (73) died from carbon monoxide toxicity; Mrs Burkhalter (74) suffered severe burns, survived initially but died from complications including myocardial infarction during acute resusci…

emergency medicineanaesthesiasystem
QLDhome2024-04-08

Non-inquest findings into the death of Tyson

Male·Burns

A young man died from severe burns sustained in a fire caused by an uncontrolled thermal runaway event in lithium-ion batteries of an e…

TAScommunity2022-02-22

Coroner's Finding: BL de-identified

47y · Male·Extensive burns sustained in a deliberately set fire

A 47-year-old male died from extensive burns sustained in a deliberately set house fire on 29 November 2020. He had experienced a relationship breakdow…

psychiatryemergency medicine
NSWaged care2019-09-27

Inquest into the death of Epenesa PAHIVA

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 th…

dermatologygeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationbleach
VIChome2026-03-03

Finding into death of Nigel Raymond Willoughby

74y · Male·Complications of burns sustained in a fire

Nigel Willoughby, 74, died from complications of burns sustained in a house fire on 2 September 2020. The fire was caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette ign…

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