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13 results for fixed wing aircraft transfer

VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Stephanie Louise Meredith

46y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train; tension…

…ang level crossing in Victoria, killing 11 train passengers immediately and one more (Harold Long) during transfer. The driver (Mr Scholl) failed to see the flashing warning lights at the level crossing despite them bein…

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VICcommunity2013-10-21

Finding into death of Rosanne Eve McMonnies

17y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train

…ma patient. While some deaths were immediate from impact, Harold Long's death may have been influenced by transfer via fixed-wing aircraft without adequate paramedic support. Clinical lessons include the need for improve…

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VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Harold Claude Long

83y · Male·Acute blood loss and shock/trauma in a man with cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosi…

…poor prognosis despite appropriate emergency response. Harold Long developed a tension pneumothorax during fixed-wing air transport to Melbourne without Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance support, highlighting risks of air…

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VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Geoffrey Ian McMonnies

50y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train

…of approaching trains, particularly heavy vehicle operators); and emergency response (found Harold Long's transfer by fixed-wing aircraft without intensive care support may have contributed to his death through tension p…

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VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Danielle Louise Meredith

8y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train at level…

…t; two died shortly after with immediately fatal injuries; and one patient (Harold Long) died after being transferred by fixed-wing aircraft without Mobile Intensive Care support, possibly due to tension pneumothorax dev…

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VICcommunity2013-10-21

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Blunt force trauma sustained in level crossing collisions between heavy vehicles…

…emi-trailer brake maintenance; and critical failures in emergency medical response including inappropriate fixed-wing aircraft transfer of trauma patient without Mobile Intensive Care paramedic support. Coroner identifi…

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VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Ercil Jean Webb

79y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train

…ystem (ALCAM) that failed to identify this dangerous site for priority upgrading. A patient (Mr Long) was transferred by fixed wing aircraft without proper paramedic support, developing tension pneumotharax during flight…

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VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Chantal Rose Meredith

5y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a collision between a semi-trailer and a V/Line p…

… factors included: lack of proper pre-hospital triage protocols, over-triage leading to inappropriate air transfer of one victim without intensive care paramedic support, and failures in emergency coordination between se…

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VICcommunity2013-10-21

Finding into death of Margaret Eunice Wishart

78y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head caused by a compressor from a refrigeration unit …

Margaret Wishart, aged 78, died instantly on 5 June 2007 when a semi-trailer driven by Christian Scholl collided with a V/Line passenger train at a level crossing near Kerang, Victoria. The compressor from the refrigerat…

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VIC2013-10-21

Finding into death of Jaesok Lee

26y · Male·Multiple injuries from collision between semi-trailer and train at level crossin…

… despite infrastructure, vehicle maintenance lapses, and tension pneumothorax risk from inappropriate air transfer of an older trauma patient.

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VICcommunity2013-10-21

Finding into death of Matthew John Stubbs

13y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and tra…

…LEDs before the collision. Emergency response issues included tension pneumothorax development during air transfer. Lessons include improving level crossing warning systems for heavy vehicle operators, enhanced driver tr…

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VIClevel crossing collision between vehicle and train2013-10-21

Finding into death of Nicholas William Parker

32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by semi-trailer at level crossing

In 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line train at the Kerang level crossing in regional Victoria, killing 11 train passengers. The driver, Christian Scholl, did not see the flashing red-filtered incandescent lights…

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NSWhospital2024-05-10

Inquest into the death of Finlay Browne

16y · Male·mid-gut volvulus and bowel obstruction, leading to ischaemic bowel and related c…

…ear clinical signs—including a lactate of 7.2 mmol/L (grossly abnormal), faeculent vomiting, and imaging showing caecal malrotation with volvulus—his condition was not recognised as a surgical emergency until late evenin…

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