16 results for “blunt thoracic injury”
Male·transected thoracic aorta; chest injuries sustained in single motor vehicle coll…
Dean Moses Rapana died from a transected thoracic aorta sustained in a single-vehicle motor collision on King Island, Tasmania. He was a passenger not wear…
16y · Male·Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta
A 16-year-old male died from traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta following a motor vehicle collision. The vehicle left the road and struck trees after the driver ap…
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…non-medical death but illustrates the catastrophic consequences of head and spinal trauma from high-energy blunt force. The post-mortem revealed transection of the mid-thoracic spinal cord, traumatic subarachnoid haemor…
75y · Male·blunt trauma of the thorax sustained in a single motor vehicle crash
A 75-year-old male died from blunt thoracic trauma sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of th…
27y · Male·Multiple high velocity injuries including thoracic aorta rupture
Sashant Sigdel, a 27-year-old motorcyclist, died from multiple high-velocity injuries including thoracic aorta rupture following a motor vehicle collision on 30 March 2022. Mr Sigdel was lawfully riding his mot…
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.…
Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision
…ra sustained fatal basal skull fractures with brainstem laceration. Samantha Yates sustained a transected thoracic aorta and base of skull fracture, both immediately fatal injuries. The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous…
29y · Male·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
A 29-year-old male died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 29 April 2016. While driving home on a damp road,…
66y · Female·Blood loss due to tearing of the spleen and fractured ribs occasioned by a motor…
Nola Walker, a 66-year-old retired nurse, died from splenic rupture and haemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma from a motor vehicle accident. She was involved in a minor crash, assessed by paramedics who …
Male·Nathaniel Calma David: blunt trauma of the head including laceration of the brai…
…or vehicle crash on the Bass Highway in Tasmania on 10 July 2021. Nathaniel Calma David (driver) died from blunt head trauma with brain stem laceration; Cheryl Ann Isip David (front seat passenger) died from multiple in…
18y · Male·Blunt impact trauma to the torso with acute alcohol intoxication; motor vehicle …
An 18-year-old male driver with a zero alcohol licence died from blunt torso trauma after high-speed collision with a tree while acutely intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.20%, four t…
2y · Male·Crush chest injuries
…eestanding furniture to young children. Key clinical lesson: emergency clinicians should be aware of crush injury patterns in paediatric trauma and the common mechanism of furniture-related deaths in young children, whic…
19y · Male·traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta with bilateral haemothoraces
A 19-year-old experienced motorcycle racer died from traumatic aortic rupture and bilateral haemothoraces after colliding with a concrete wall at 100 km/h at a racing circuit. He lost control at approximately 205 km/h an…
26y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
…he road, and struck steel barrier cables and posts, sustaining massive head injuries, cardiac laceration, thoracic spinal fractures, and abdominal bleeding. This case illustrates the catastrophic consequences of impaired…
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…
15y · Male·right haemothorax due to lacerations of right lung
…al resuscitation in the Emergency Department was well-managed with appropriate use of chest drains; cardiothoracic theatre activation was timely. The injury itself (massive intrapulmonary bleed) was exceptionally rare an…
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