Coronial

9 results for spinal cord injury with quadriplegia

VIChospital2025-08-20

Finding into death of Arnold Polis

68y · Male·Community acquired chest infection secondary to C6 quadriplegia secondary to rem…

Arnold Polis, a 68-year-old man with C6 quadriplegia from a 1972 diving accident, died from community-acquired chest infection complicated by he…

general medicinepalliative care
NSW2020-02-05

Inquest into the death of Francis McCann

49y · Male·complications of a cervical spine injury

Francis McCann, a 49-year-old man in custody with a history of schizophrenia, anxiety, and self-harm, fell from his bed during sleep on 24 September 2017, su…

orthopaedic surgeryneurosurgery
VIChospital2024-12-05

Finding into death of Kim Elizabeth Taylor

54y · Female·Pneumonia - chest sepsis

Kim Elizabeth Taylor, a 54-year-old NDIS participant with quadriplegia and tracheostomy, died from pneumonia and chest sepsis at Austin Hospital. She had experienced…

respiratory medicinepalliative care
NTcommunityPodcast2016-04-21

Inquest into the death of William Brown

62y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to high cervical cord injury (C3/4 and C7/T1 fract…

William Bernard Brown, a healthy 62-year-old, died from respiratory failure secondary to cervical spinal cord injury after being struck by a falling branch from an African Mahogany tree at a golf course. Six day…

emergency medicinespinal surgerysystemcommunication
TAShospital2019-07-25

Coroner's Finding: Horcicka, Josef Vratislav

89y · Male·fractured cervical spine (C5 inferior articular process fracture) due to unwitne…

An 89-year-old man with Parkinson's disease fell at home on 16 August 2016, sustaining a cervical spine fracture. Initial CT imagin…

orthopaedic surgeryemergency medicinediagnosticproceduralmorphine
NThospital2008-12-18

Inquest into the death of Paulo Melo

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 …

intensive caretrauma surgerycommunicationmorphine
VICcommunity2014-03-19

Finding into death of Darren Brett Kingma

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. Disa…

emergency medicineradiologydiagnosticcommunicationclonazepam
VIC2024-12-16

Finding into death of Caroline Monique Hall

52y · Female·Spinal injuries sustained in falls in a woman with multiple medical comorbiditie…

Caroline Monique Hall, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and multiple comorbidities living in supported disability…

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticdelaymorphine
VIChome2015-08-28

Finding into death of Cheryl May Currie

39y · Female·smoke inhalation

Cheryl May Currie, 39, with complete paraplegia from a 1998 spinal cord injury, died from smoke inhalation in a bedroom fire on 12 June…

general practiceoccupational therapysystemcommunicationolanzapine

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