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TAScommunity2024-04-17

Coroner's Finding: QR

42y · Female·Drowning due to combined drug (tramadol, venlafaxine, diazepam, quetiapine and c…

A 42-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and emphysema died by drowning while scuba diving in shallow water after a 3-year hiatus from diving. She was taking multiple CNS-depressant medications (tramadol,…

general practicepsychiatrycommunicationtramadol
TAScommunity2024-04-11

Coroner's Finding: SR

58y · Male·drowning

A 58-year-old man died by drowning while hookah diving off the Tasmanian coast. He was using second-hand equipment purchased online that had multiple safety deficiencies: inadequate filtration allowing contaminants and r…

diving medicinehyperbaric medicineequipment selectionprocedural
TAScommunity2024-04-10

Coroner's Finding: AW

57y · Male·cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE)

A 57-year-old experienced commercial diver died from cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) while recreational hookah diving near St Helens Island, Tasmania on 24 December 2021. His diving equipment had multiple critical …

diving medicinehyperbaric medicineproceduralsystem
SAcommunity2024-01-23

Coroner's Finding: Chua, Ardebby Oh

41y · Female·salt water drowning

Ms Ardebby Chua, a 41-year-old woman with no snorkelling experience, died from salt water drowning during a guided snorkelling tour near Blyth Island, South Australia. She aspirated water triggering laryngospasm and beca…

emergency medicinediving medicinesystemcommunication
NSWcommunity2022-07-01

Inquest into the death of Mark MURPHY

49y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia due to cardiac arrest and drowning, with bilateral bronc…

Mark Murphy, an experienced diver with 657 logged dives, died during an occupational diving course when his full face mask became accidentally dislodged underwater, resulting in sudden cold-water exposure. This triggered…

diving medicineemergency medicinesystemcommunication
VIC2020-05-24

Finding into death of Logan Saminathan

39y · Male·Drowning

Logan Saminathan, a 39-year-old beginner scuba diver, drowned at Mornington Pier during an open water training dive. The precise underwater events remain unclear, but he surfaced unconscious without his mask. Expert anal…

occupational and environmental healthemergency medicineproceduralsystem