87y · Female·cardiogenic shock and tricuspid regurgitation secondary to traumatic papillary m…
…urgitation following a motor vehicle crash on 6 January 2014. She sustained a traumatic papillary muscle laceration when the vehicle she was a passenger in was struck by another car. She was admitted to Royal Hobart Hosp…
1y · Female·Unascertained - cardiac arrest with brain swelling; neuropathology demonstrated …
…ncillary investigations, the cause of death remains unascertained. Neuropathology revealed brain trauma (laceration to corpus callosum) with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, but whether this resulted from accidental tra…
Male·Cardiac lacerations due to motor vehicle accident
Colin John Vernon died from cardiac lacerations sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision on the Bruce Highway near Gympie. A vehicle…
17y · Male·haemopericardium due to laceration of the heart
…rn 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 suspicious circumstances and conclude…
78y · Male·Multiorgan failure consequent upon pulmonary lacerations and haemorrhage sustain…
…tions during planned mitral and tricuspid valve surgery. During the initial surgery, a small superficial laceration to the right lower lobe lung occurred, likely from pleural space manipulation or chest drain placement. …
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
…cupboard where he was hiding with a knife, he was incapacitated with OC spray and fell, causing a severe laceration to his throat that severed his trachea. Paramedics administered Midazolam to manage his violent agitatio…
31y · Male·haemorrhage due to incised wound to left arm with amphetamine toxicity as a poss…
…nce abuse made a triple zero call suggesting self-harm. Police and ambulance crews found him with a deep laceration to his left arm (cephalic vein injury). He was extremely combative, resisting oxygen therapy and IV acce…
13y · Female·Complex congenital heart disease (operated) and sepsis
…with ventricular septal defect and major aorta-pulmonary collateral arteries), died from sepsis following cardiac surgery. She was born in March 2010 and underwent emergency cardiac surgery in February 2011 to connect p…
46y · Male·Cardiac failure due to blood loss from traumatic laceration to right thigh susta…
Samuel Pugh, a 46-year-old mining contractor, died from cardiac failure due to blood loss after being struck by a 219 kg falling rock underground at a Queensland mine. H…
52y · Female·laceration of the superior vena cava and right atrium during defibrillator lead …
…in the wall of the superior vena cava, and the laser sheath cut through the vessel wall, causing a large laceration. This led to massive bleeding and cardiac tamponade. Despite emergency sternotomy, the patient died from…
68y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to right subclavian artery lacerations sustained during ce…
…g neck exploration and despite sternotomy and vascular repair, died from hypovolemic shock and subsequent cardiac compromise. The expert review found the clinical decision-making appropriate throughout. Key learning: ul…
34y · Male·Severe chest injury with fractures to ribs and sternum, internal bleeding, lacer…
…sk. Emergency services responded appropriately with immediate CPR, but severe traumatic chest injury with cardiac tamponade was unsurvivable.
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…d staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir workplace or a finger laceration. He presented with fever and chest pain but was initially misdiagnosed as having viral infection. Follow…
25y · Female·Chest injury in a workplace incident
…y the horse's hooves. She suffered multiple rib fractures, bilateral haemothoraces, and pulmonary artery laceration. Despite emergency thoracostomy and resuscitative thoracotomy at the Alfred Hospital, she could not be r…
30y · Male·unascertained
…olice. He had recently moved from Queensland showing signs of paranoid schizophrenia with self-inflicted lacerations. His brother Adam contacted the Mental Health Service twice seeking help. The triage service failed to …
43y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to haemopericardium and tamponade complicating ru…
Mr Trevor McDonald, 43-year-old male, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac tamponade complicating coronary angioplasty. During elective PCI at Frankston Hospital, he sustained righ…
41y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis due to or as a consequence of coronary atherosclerosi…
…ly in custody from coronary artery thrombosis due to coronary atherosclerosis. He sustained a minor head laceration on the day of death which received appropriate emergency care at Princess Alexandra Hospital; the wound …
45y · Male·multiple injuries sustained from a 25-metre fall down an unprotected stope when …
A 45-year-old experienced loader operator died when his vehicle fell 25 metres down an unprotected underground stope while attempting to place a rock bund at its edge. The incident occurred due to multiple contributing f…
14y · Male·Retroperitoneal haemorrhage secondary to abdominal injuries sustained in a motor…
…he e-scooter exceeded legal speed limits and age restrictions under Victorian road rules. He sustained a laceration of the inferior vena cava causing retroperitoneal haemorrhage and died despite extensive pre-hospital re…
26y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
…ft-hand bend, left the 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 con…
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