895 results for “head injury”
0y · Male·Traumatic head injury
A five-month-old boy died from traumatic head injury. Initial medical disagreement about whether injuries were from accidental fall or non-accidental tra…
Male·Head and neck injuries due to mountain bike collision (rider)
Francis Robert Falappi, a highly experienced mountain biker and Queensland Police officer, died from head and neck injuries sustained while attempting to navigate 'Mick's Drop' on Worlds Downhill Track at Smithfie…
34y · Male·Head injury
Charles Clarence Howkins, a 34-year-old labourer, died from head injuries sustained in a trench collapse at a construction site on 21 March 2018. The coroner found that Pip…
86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall
Alan Noel Sheedy, 86 years old, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. He had been admitted for respite care follo…
38y · Male·hanging
…m neuropathology confirmed severe stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He experienced numerous head knocks during football and sustained a serious knockout and subdural hematoma during his first professional…
Male·head and chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
Adam Ian Bennetts died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on the Tasman Highway, Tasmania. He was drivin…
0y · Male·Intrapartum head injuries secondary to brow presentation and obstructed labour
…esentation, an obstructed labour. Autopsy revealed unprecedented multiple skull fractures and severe brain injury. The labour management was appropriate and timely, with correct decision to proceed to caesarean section. …
59y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries
…d robbery at his isolated property on Tasmania's North West Coast. He sustained blunt force injuries to his head and chest during an attack by four assailants who were attempting to steal firearms. He was left bleeding a…
19y · Male·Jacob Allan Donohue: multiple (head, trunk and limb) injuries sustained as drive…
Two 19-year-old males died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Midland Highway near Oatlands, Tasmania. The driver of a Kia SUV unintent…
73y · Male·Brain haemorrhage from head injury sustained in mobility scooter crash
Keith Thomas Stewart, aged 73, died from a brain haemorrhage sustained in a mobility scooter crash on 1 July 2018 at Beaconsfield District Health Service. While riding down a steep driveway, Mr Stewart disengaged the gea…
10y · Female·Head injuries due to fall from a bunk bed
Elise Neville, aged 10, fell from a non-compliant bunk bed and sustained a head injury. At her first ED presentation to Caloundra Hospital at 3:25am, Dr D.—a junior house officer 19 hours…
52y · Female·Head injury from blunt force trauma
Lynette Bradbury, a 52-year-old receptionist at Westmead Hospital, died on 31 October 2011 from a fatal head injury caused by blunt force trauma. She was found face down in her bedroom, bound with duct tape, with a t…
Unknown·Murdered by infliction of head and chest injuries by person or persons unknown
…2–13 June 1999 from Toormina, NSW. The Deputy State Coroner found that Weekes was murdered by infliction of head and chest injuries by a person or persons unknown. Despite criminal investigation involving multiple named …
18y · Male·multiple injuries
…ng to negotiate a bend while being pursued by police. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a closed head injury with subdural haematoma and severe pelvic fractures with blood loss. First aid at the scene was appr…
3y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries including massive head injury, fractured skull, fr…
A 3-year-old boy died from massive blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash when the unsecured child seat in which he was travelling was not anchored to the vehicle. Upon impact with a tree, the child was …
0y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of a remote head injury
Child A, a six-month-old Aboriginal boy, died from unascertained cause in the setting of a remote head injury sustained during family violence. The father violently assaulted the mother while holding the child …
69y · Female·subdural haematoma
A 69-year-old woman sustained a head injury from a witnessed fall, striking her head on a brick wall. She lost consciousness, experienced headac…
Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Stephen Wayne Stokie died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on the West Tamar Highway near Exeter, Tasmania. He was riding a m…
7y · Male·Multiple blunt injuries from being struck by a falling tree
A 7-year-old boy died from massive head injuries after being struck by a tree felled by an adult who was illegally cutting wood in a remote forest …
84y · Female·left subdural haematoma resulting from head injury due to fall from standing
An 84-year-old woman suffered a fatal head injury after slipping on steps at a café in Stanley, Tasmania on 20 October 2021, resulting in a left subdu…
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