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…
36y · Male·Complications of thermal burn injuries
Daniel Surtees, aged 36, died from complications of extensive thermal burn injuries (>80% body surface area) sustained during a domestic violence incident. After consuming 14 …
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 p…
43y · Male·complications of thermal injuries
A 43-year-old man with a history of workplace injury, financial stress, and social isolation attended a workers compensation office in Newcastle carrying miner…
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 relationship with domestic violence and control, including alleged rap…
5y · Male·Complications of burns
…us circumstances or criminal culpability. Key clinical lessons include recognition that such catastrophic thermal injuries have poor prognosis despite optimal acute care, and the critical importance of community educati…
58y · Female·thermal burns
A 58-year-old woman with schizophrenia died from extensive thermal burns after a fire originated in a wall-mounted heat pump that lacked a required residual current device …
91y · Female·kidney impairment and dehydration following thermal injury to right leg in an el…
…e her bed at an aged care facility. Over six weeks, she developed progressive dehydration and acute kidney injury due to poor oral intake, leading to admission and palliative care. The coroner found the bed placement pro…
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 fr…
17y · Male·incineration
A 17-year-old male died from incineration following a motor vehicle accident on 23 November 2000. The vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, left the road and struck a tree. The driver had bilateral lower limb fractures an…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure arising from being a victim of h…
Stanly Roger 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 power…
Combination of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries sustained in motor vehicle …
…e when the fire started, as evidenced by soot in their airways. Deaths resulted from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries. The driver had consumed alcohol (0.039% BAC, below legal limit but associated with disinhibitio…
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…
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 January 2014 and died 27 days later at Concord…
27y · Male·Effects of fire and explosion
…overcome. Clinically, this highlights the dangers of uncontrolled exposure to volatile organic compounds, thermal burns, and toxic inhalation in confined spaces.
2y · Female·unascertained; death in house fire due to smoke inhalation or thermal injury
Patricia (Tricia) Revell, aged 2 years 10 months, died in a house fire at a remote railway outpost in Zanthus, Western Australia on 20 July 1978. She was in bed with her infant sister when the fire started. Her mother re…
73y · Male·Gregory Frank Burkhalter: carbon monoxide toxicity due to inhalation of carbon m…
…s require immediate transfer to specialist burn centres, anticipation of cardiac complications in massive thermal injury, and importance of preventive safety measures in vulnerable elderly populations.
9y · Female·complications of thermal injury
A 9-year-old child died from severe thermal injuries sustained in a house fire. The property had non-functional smoke alarms that the property manage…
4y · Male·Complications of cutaneous thermal burn injuries
Abdullah Kocoglu, age 4, died from complications of severe thermal burn injuries sustained in a house fire on 14 February 2011 at his grandparents' home in Hampton Park, Vi…
2y · Female·effects of fire (smoke inhalation and thermal injury)
…l delays, died on 14 April 2018 in a house fire at her rural NSW home. She died from smoke inhalation and thermal injury. The fire's exact cause could not be determined despite expert investigation; electrical fault, ac…
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