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QLD2015-02-20

Mapperson, Wayne George - Non-inquest findings

58y · Male·Multifocal bleed into brain (subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage) from injurie…

A 58-year-old truck driver and forklift operator died from a severe head injury sustained in a workplace fall on 29 August 2012. He fell while using an unsuitable, unsecured ladder to access a mezzanine storage area. The…

trauma surgeryintensive caresystemprocedural
VIChospital2011-10-06

Finding into death of John Alan Hemingway

62y · Male·Brain swelling associated with cerebral infarction; drainage acute on chronic su…

John Hemingway, a 62-year-old man with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy, sustained a head injury when a vehicle rolled backward and struck him while he was in a wheelchair. The driver, an international student…

neurosurgerygeneral medicineproceduralsystem
VICaged care2011-05-20

Finding into death of Lena Divola

59y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from blunt force trauma to head sustained in a backwards fa…

Lena Divola, a 59-year-old woman with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and depression living in supported accommodation, sustained a head injury on 24 December 2007 when she fell backwards from a walker being push…

general practicepsychiatryproceduralcommunicationwarfarin
SAhospital2006-09-25

Coroner's Finding: McCARTHY Elly Sarahnia

13y · Female·cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to extensive subdural empyema

Elly McCarthy, a 13-year-old girl, died from cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to subdural empyema. She developed fever, headache and neurological symptoms on 24 January 2004 and was initially seen at a GP and Noa…

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