76 results for “blunt chest injury”
Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …
Nigel Douglas Suter died from respiratory failure caused by blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 April 2021. He collided with a gumtree on Argonaut R…
78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…
A 78-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force chest injuries sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle run-off crash on a remote road in the No…
54y · Female·Blunt trauma of the head and chest caused by being crushed by a falling tree
Jacinta Fay Vanderfeen, aged 54, died from blunt trauma to head and chest after being struck and crushed by a falling gumtree while assisting a friend duri…
22y · Female·Ruptured myocardium in motor cycle incident
…aked suddenly, and fell down a creek embankment. The autopsy identified a sternal fracture consistent with blunt force trauma, likely from handlebars or CPR. The mechanism was either commotio cordis (sudden cardiac deat…
59y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries
…ollowing an aggravated armed robbery at his isolated property on Tasmania's North West Coast. He sustained blunt force injuries to his head and chest during an attack by four assailants who were attempting to steal fire…
2y · Female·chest injury - tear to right atrium with haemopericardium caused by television s…
A 2-year-old girl died from chest injury after a 15.8kg television set fell on her when she climbed onto an unsecured wooden cabinet. Despit…
53y · Male·Right ventricular tear due to blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle in…
…nd surgical intervention. Clinical staff performed appropriate acute trauma management including bilateral chest tube thoracostomies, resuscitation, and attempted surgical repair, but the severity of myocardial injury (…
26y · Female·Blunt chest injury arising from a fall from a horse
Simone Montgomerie, a talented 26-year-old jockey, died from blunt chest trauma after falling from her horse Riahgrand during the 2013 Darwin Cup. The horse reacted unusuall…
Male·Blunt trauma of the chest and abdomen
Stuart Clyde Dew Freeman died from blunt trauma to the chest and abdomen sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash. He was driving a utilit…
35y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to incessant ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia…
A 35-year-old previously healthy male sustained blunt chest trauma during an assault. He presented to ED with chest pain but was triaged as category 4. After co…
17y · Male·Blunt injuries of head, neck and chest
Jordan Jackson Kiley, a 17-year-old inexperienced motorcycle rider, died from blunt injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash on 27 March 2019. He had obtained his learner's permit only t…
87y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head and chest
Henry Arthur Roberts, 87, died from blunt trauma to head and chest after being overrun by his tractor on 16 March 2020. He had multiple serious heal…
96y · Male·Blunt chest trauma from quad bike accident
A 96-year-old man died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a quad bike accident on his rural property. He had declined in health with poor …
Male·transected thoracic aorta; chest injuries sustained in single motor vehicle coll…
…ood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. Mr Rapana was thrown around the cabin, sustaining fatal chest injuries that would have been prevented by seatbelt use. The vehicle had no mechanical defects and seatbel…
58y · Unknown·combined effects of blunt force injury of the chest and immersion
…d by suicide at The Gap Park, Watsons Bay, after deliberately jumping from a cliff. The cause of death was blunt force injury to the chest and immersion. The coroner found that NSW Police Force policies and procedures, …
19y · Female·Multiple injuries including traumatic closed head injury, blunt trauma of the ch…
A 19-year-old female passenger died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 25 March 2020, when the vehicle she was travelling in left the highway and struck a large eucalyptus tree.…
2y · Male·Crush chest injuries
A two-year-old boy died from crush chest injuries after a heavy homemade hallway table (approximately 70kg, made from a railway sleeper) toppled on…
29y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest
A 29-year-old male died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park, Tasmania. He was an intermediate rid…
79y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
Brian Oakley Woods, aged 79, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash on the Tasman Highway. While an experienced rider with 65 …
17y · Male·haemopericardium due to laceration of the heart
… scooter at a skate park in northern Tasmania. He struck his chin on the unprotected handlebar end and his chest on the scooter, causing a laceration of the heart with resulting haemopericardium. The coroner found no su…
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