8 results for “skull fracture (occipital)”
69y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
…ic. The collision occurred at low speed but Ms Harrison fell backwards, striking her head and sustaining a skull fracture with intracranial haemorrhage. She was taken to Alfred Hospital where scans confirmed traumatic b…
85y · Male·Traumatic head injury: severe blunt force head trauma with occipital load impact…
An 85-year-old man died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a neighbourhood dispute on 30 November 2020. After police declined to attend a property dispute, Mr Crnic attended the police station in an agitated st…
21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …
…s occurred during his first hospital admission on 22-24 November 2013: a subdural haematoma and occipital fracture visible on CT imaging were not diagnosed; the radiologist's recommendation for MRI was not pursued despit…
17y · Male·Head injury in a train incident
A 17-year-old boy died from a severe head injury sustained when he leaned out of a moving train's driver cab door and struck a trackside ladder. He and four friends had unauthorised access to the rear driver cab of a Fra…
Unknown·Stephen Rowe: atlanto-occipital fracture dislocation (broken neck); Charmaine Hu…
This inquest examined four deaths in three separate motor vehicle collisions on Main South Road at Cactus Canyon, South Australia between May 2000 and March 2002. All three collisions involved southbound vehicles losing …
31y · Male·Blunt force head and neck injury caused by all-terrain vehicle landing on deceas…
Benjamin Watts, 31, died from blunt force head and neck trauma when an ATV he was driving at Darwin Correctional Centre rolled over and landed on him. He was not wearing a seatbelt or helmet despite manufacturer warnings…
48y · Female·Head injuries from balcony collapse
A 48-year-old woman died from severe head injuries sustained when a pre-1910s timber balcony collapsed at a residential property in Brisbane in November 2008. The collapse resulted from progressive structural failure: co…
26y · Male·Closed head injury with extradural and subdural haemorrhage resulting from a sku…
…was found unconscious, conveyed back to hospital, and declared brain dead. A CT scan then revealed a large skull fracture with actively bleeding vessel. Key clinical failures included: inadequate communication between m…
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