30 results for “high spinal trauma”
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…t was struck by a motor vehicle while walking on Montrose Road, Tasmania, sustaining catastrophic multiple spinal injuries and dying instantly. The driver was travelling at 77 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, exceeding the critic…
19y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (driver)
…e coroner found no culpability by police and determined Moustafa was not in custody. Key clinical lessons: trauma management in high-speed MVA with multiple casualties; management of head injuries, spinal fractures, and …
67y · Male·Complications of pressure ulcers in the setting of a thoracic vertebral fracture…
Michael Young, 67, died from pressure ulcer complications following a spinal injury sustained during a CT scan on 3 January 2023. He had fallen from his wheelchair at home and present…
29y · Male·Blunt head and neck injuries sustained in an unintentional motor vehicle acciden…
A 29-year-old man sustained severe blunt head and cervical spinal cord injuries in a motor vehicle accident. He remained unconscious with high intracranial pressure and C5 …
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating neck injuries sustained in a fall, with Coffin-Low…
A 29-year-old man with Coffin-Lowry Syndrome suffered a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a fall at a respite facility. Disability workers found him on the floor but initially int…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
…Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, Western Australia. He failed to negotiate a tighte…
72y · Male·Upper cervical spine injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
…re ladder during home garden maintenance, sustaining a severe upper cervical spine injury (C2 fracture with high spinal cord haemorrhage) that was deemed non-survivable. He died 2 days later in ICU after palliative care.…
30y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries
…itise safety. Trent lost control while exiting, colliding with four vehicles. Toxicology revealed medium-to-high levels of methylamphetamine consistent with regular use, which significantly impaired his judgment, risk as…
25y · Female·Neck injuries (fracture/dislocation of upper cervical spine with spinal cord inj…
…r when the driver, a fatigued 17-year-old unlicensed driver (Leonard Stanley), attempted to evade police at high speed. Police deployed a tyre deflation device without adequate risk assessment. The driver swerved to avoi…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
…d man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with another resident at supported accommodation…
60y · Male·Unknown; likely suicide but natural causes or accident cannot be excluded
Wayne Michael Parker, a 60-year-old man with chronic degenerative spinal disease and chronic pain managed with opioid medications, disappeared on 3 June 2023 from Mount Barker, We…
44y · Male·head and neck injuries with terminal palliative care
Trent Robertson, 44, died from severe head and neck injuries sustained in a high-speed motorcycle crash on 27 May 2018 after evading a brief police traffic stop. Police observed him speedi…
16y · Male·Blunt force trauma sustained in motorcycle crash
A 16-year-old experienced off-road motorcycle rider died from blunt force trauma sustained in a crash on 15 October 2016. While riding his mechanically sound motorcycle at high speed on a…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. Du…
22y · Female·multiple blunt trauma injuries
A 22-year-old woman died from multiple blunt trauma injuries following a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She was travelling at 174 km/h in a 90 km/h zone on t…
21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…
Two young Aboriginal men, Steven McLean (21) and Shane Wallam (20), died in a motor vehicle crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen vehicle at dangerous speeds. Both were severely intoxicated by …
20y · Male·Blunt traumatic injuries from fall from height
… with friends, he lost his footing, slid down an embankment and fell off the cliff, sustaining fatal blunt traumatic injuries to the head, neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvis. Emergency services responded rapidly with a res…
75y · Male·Traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
A 75-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, spinal stenosis, peripheral neuropathy) fell from a metal A-frame ladder while attempting roof repairs on his car…
45y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck the water after the boat lost control du…
Ian Baker, 45-year-old observer on a high-speed water ski racing boat, died from multiple injuries sustained when the vessel lost control at 187 km/h…
29y · Male·Neck injury
…he speed limit. No mechanical faults were identified in the vehicle, and toxicology was negative. This case highlights the importance of road hazard identification and management, particularly on regional roads with chan…
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