Coronial

8 results for sympathomimetic toxicity

NSWhospital2025-12-22

Inquest into the death of Shane McMillan

40y · Male·Acute methylamphetamine toxicity

Shane McMillan, aged 40, died from acute methylamphetamine toxicity while in police custody. He was arrested for domestic violence offences on 1 December 2022 and presented …

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QLDhospital2025-03-31

Inquest into the death of Jamie Brian Campbell

43y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as consequence of, cardiac arrest of…

A 43-year-old man with methamphetamine toxicity was restrained by police and given two doses of droperidol by paramedics who failed to recognize he was c…

emergency medicinetoxicologydiagnosticmedicationmethamphetamine
WAcommunity2018-12-12

Inquest into the Death of Joseph Frederick WOODS

34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…

…e-existing coronary atherosclerosis. No clinician error was identified. The case highlights how acute sympathomimetic toxicity combined with underlying coronary disease creates sudden cardiac death risk during exertion,…

toxicologycardiologymethamphetamine
VICcommunity2024-07-29

Finding into death of Andrew David Berry

41y · Male·sympathomimetic syndrome

…w Berry, a 41-year-old man with a long history of methamphetamine use and criminal offending, died of sympathomimetic syndrome following arrest by police on 14 January 2020. He was arrested after attempting to break int…

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NSW2023-03-23

Inquest into the death of LT

24y · Male·methylamphetamine toxicity

LT, a 24-year-old male prisoner, died from methylamphetamine toxicity after ingesting multiple drug-filled balloons that ruptured in his stomach. He had received a prison visi…

emergency medicinetoxicologysystemmethamphetamine
NSWhospital2022-09-26

Inquest into the death of Faithe Baxter

22y · Female·cardiac arrest of uncertain cause noting the existence of drug toxicity; the dru…

Faithe Baxter, aged 22, died from cardiac arrest due to methamphetamine toxicity after using multiple drugs including methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, opioids and nitrous oxide. She bec…

emergency medicineintensive caredelaymethamphetamine
NSWcommunity2015-06-26

Inquest into the death of Jason William REA

38y · Male·The combined effect of Methylamphetamine Toxicity and prolonged restraint in a p…

…annula while attempting to sedate him. The coroner found his death resulted from combined methamphetamine toxicity (extremely high levels >10mg/L), prolonged restraint, and underlying single-vessel coronary artery diseas…

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WAhome

Inquest into the Death of Anthony William KUSTER

44y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck and methylamphetamine effect

…iam Kuster, a 44-year-old man, died from ligature compression of the neck combined with methylamphetamine toxicity. He applied a tourniquet around his neck while heavily intoxicated with methylamphetamine after his partn…

toxicologyforensic medicinedelaymethamphetamine

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