313 results for “severe brain injury”
76y · Female·complications of subdural haemorrhage (operation)
…omplications of subdural haemorrhage following head trauma on 20 January 2008. She initially concealed the injury, attributing it to a fall, and did not seek medical attention for 9 days despite worsening headache. When …
59y · Male·Complications arising from blunt force trauma to the head consistent with a fall
Anthony Rimanich, a 59-year-old storeman, sustained a fatal head injury at work on 3 June 2008 when he fell while counting stock at a warehouse. He was found unconscious on the c…
33y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash, complicated by acalculous…
…afe following distance. The deceased lost control on a bend and crashed off the Stuart Highway, sustaining severe traumatic injuries including closed head injury, bilateral lung contusions, complex femur fracture and fla…
10y · Male·complications of anaphylaxis
…aramedics administered adrenaline after 5 minutes. He deteriorated in the ambulance and presented to ED in severe respiratory distress requiring intubation. After 41 minutes of resuscitation, spontaneous circulation retu…
32y · Female·hypoxic brain injury as a result of a cardiac arrest due to positional asphyxia …
…ry, she stopped taking clozapine due to inadequate medication management by maternity staff. She developed severe postpartum psychosis and was admitted involuntarily to the mental health unit. On 11 May 2008, while acute…
38y · Female·Septicaemia, urosepsis, and Lennox Gastaut syndrome
Vanessa Jenner, a 38-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and Lennox-Gastaut epilepsy, died from septicaemia and urosepsis …
17y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine)
…ing a substance he believed was MDMA or psilocybin, obtained from unregulated drug markets. He experienced severe symptoms including seizures, agitation, metabolic acidosis, and hyperkalaemia requiring ICU admission with…
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
A 62-year-old woman on warfarin for a mechanical aortic valve sustained a head injury from a fall. A CT scan on day 5 post-injury identified a small extradural haematoma, but the radiologist (…
48y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of …
… during the November 2016 Melbourne thunderstorm asthma epidemic. He became acutely unwell at 7:20 pm with severe respiratory distress, family called '000' immediately and performed CPR. Ambulance response was timely in …
63y · Female·Complications following sedation for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) t…
…ad a congenital polymicrogyria, a significant neurological risk factor for anaesthesia. Following a dental injury in March 2018, she developed aspiration pneumonia and severe mouth ulcers limiting oral intake. She presen…
0y · Male·Intrapartum head injuries secondary to brow presentation and obstructed labour
…6 for brow presentation, 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 caesar…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand—head injury; Hiron—chest and abdominal in…
… intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the rear seat passenger (Hiron) sustained severe chest and abdominal injuries; and the front seat passeng…
72y · Male·Severe head and chest trauma sustained in a tree-felling accident; multiple seve…
Colin Williamson, aged 72, died from severe head and chest trauma sustained during a tree-felling accident on his friend's property. He was struck by …
57y · Male·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle crash
A 57-year-old Aboriginal man died from severe blunt force head injury sustained as a rear seat passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. The driver…
50y · Male·Head injuries as a result of a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
Van Phuc Nguyen, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries after being struck by an unknown vehicle while walking home from shopping in Inala, Brisbane…
53y · Male·severe burns
…10 patients, and use of highly flammable OC spray in context of fuel exposure. Coroner determined cause as severe burns rather than suicide, finding no evidence of intent to die.
11y · Female·Pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy secondary to KCNQ2 developmental and epile…
HD was an 11-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and multiple complex medical conditions including central respiratory depression…
50y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury suffered during cardiac and respiratory arrest cause…
…uffered cardiorespiratory arrest at 3:21pm while in the watchhouse and died the following day from hypoxic brain injury. Medical experts concluded hospitalisation after the initial QAS assessment would likely have preve…
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
…nsuite bathroom and was found unresponsive at 6am. Despite prompt resuscitation and ICU care, she suffered severe hypoxic brain injury and died 7 days later. While the coroner identified process failures requiring remedi…
38y · Male·hanging
…nal boxer (2015-2017), was found deceased by hanging on 20 July 2020. Post-mortem neuropathology confirmed severe stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He experienced numerous head knocks during football and …
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