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60y · Male·Undetermined - likely natural causes (centriacinar emphysema) or misadventure (f…
Jeff Malcolm Haig, a 60-year-old man with multiple sclerosis and documented paranoid and delusional beliefs about being monitored, was found deceased at Low Head, Tasmania on 26 August 2022, having last been seen alive o…
94y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to stroke following surgery to repair fracture of neck …
A 94-year-old man with dementia died from aspiration pneumonia following a stroke after hip surgery. The stroke and hip fracture resulted from being pushed by another resident with Alzheimer's dementia at an aged care fa…
86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall
Alan Noel Sheedy, 86 years old, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. He had been admitted for respite care following previous falls and was assessed as moderate …
73y · Male·Traumatic head, facial and chest injuries caused by fall down stairs at resident…
A 73-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and recent falls died from traumatic injuries after falling down six stairs while exiting a residential aged care facility at 5:00 AM. He had been admitted only 10 days prior an…
17y · Male·epileptic seizure complicating idiopathic epilepsy
17-year-old Codie Mansell-Moore died from epileptic seizures on 10 December 2018. An ambulance was called at 6:09am while he was seizing, but paramedics staged around the corner and did not enter his home for 48 minutes …
96y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall
A 96-year-old man with cognitive impairment and previous traumatic brain injury from a 2021 fall was admitted to residential aged care on 16 February 2022. He had a minor slip from his chair on admission day without inju…
55y · Female·smoke inhalation from domestic fire caused by unextinguished cigarette
A 55-year-old woman with a prior stroke causing physical disability, intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy, diabetes and atrial fibrillation died from smoke inhalation in a domestic fire. She was a heavy smoke…
22y · Female·Drowning secondary to epileptic seizure
Emily Catherine Stein, aged 22, died by drowning in Cataract Gorge on 25 January 2022. She had recently been diagnosed with epilepsy in May 2021, which was unstable at the time of death. While swimming with family, she d…
61y · Male·Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents (post seizure) due to chronic communica…
Michael Phillip Hyde-Wyatt, aged 61, died from pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents following a seizure. He had chronic communicating hydrocephalus and encephalomalacia. At 1:30am, support worker Julie Magrath observ…
84y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall; specifically facial bone fractures a…
An 84-year-old man with primary progressive aphasia and cognitive decline residing in aged care sustained fatal head and neck injuries from a fall on 13 May 2020. He had experienced seven documented falls over 2.5 months…
72y · Female·Pneumonia following cervical spine injuries sustained in an unwitnessed mechanic…
Valma Ann Tweedie, aged 72, died from pneumonia following cervical spine injuries sustained in an unwitnessed fall at a disability support facility. She had a known history of falls, mobility problems, and probable demen…
40y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia caused by atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular dis…
A 40-year-old man with acquired brain injury died suddenly during hydrotherapy at a public pool. Expert cardiology evidence established he died from cardiac arrhythmia secondary to underlying cardiovascular disease, unre…
68y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Christopher Ronald Donnelly, aged 68, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). He had a 5-year history of seizures managed with antiepileptic medications, including a recent switch from valproate to levetirac…
38y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Chantal Maree Godwin, a 38-year-old woman with left temporal lobe epilepsy since childhood, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) in February 2020. She had experienced increasing seizure frequency in the mo…
31y · Male·global hypoxic brain injury secondary to positional asphyxia following an epilep…
KL, a 31-year-old male with longstanding epilepsy, died from global hypoxic brain injury caused by positional asphyxia following an epileptic seizure at home on 26 April 2019. He fell in the toilet during a seizure, beca…
19y · Male·unable to be determined
Nazrawi Woldemichael, a 19-year-old with a history of severe mental illness, traumatic brain injury, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse, disappeared on 9 October 2016 from North Hobart. The coroner determined he is d…
57y · Male·Undetermined; possible sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with competin…
Sean Erwin Mansell, aged 57, was found deceased in his home in Kingston, Tasmania on 24 November 2021. The cause of death could not be determined but was possibly sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), with competi…
40y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) resulting from post-traumatic brain …
Shane Masters died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) 12 years after sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury at work. On 19 May 2008, a hydraulic jack dislodged while repairing a fully loaded truck in a …
42y · Male·acute methadone intoxication
Paul William Lowe, a 42-year-old man with treatment-resistant epilepsy, schizophrenia, and long-standing opioid dependence, died from acute methadone intoxication on 12-13 August 2018. Evidence strongly indicates he inje…
Male·sternum, rib and thoracic spine fractures, haemothorax and mediastinal haemorrha…
Stewart James Quirk died from thoracic trauma sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 13 October 2020. He was driving a van while speaking on his mobile phone and collided with a taxi at appropriate speed on clear weat…
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