895 results for “head injury”
1y · Male·Massive head injury
Kalon Tippett, aged 21 months, died from massive head injuries sustained when he fell from a tractor bucket and was run over on a family farm. The child was plac…
43y · Male·head injury
… was struck by a police vehicle while riding his bicycle through a roundabout in Gosnells, sustaining fatal head injuries. The police driver failed to see the cyclist despite having clear visibility and an obligation to …
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 tr…
19y · Female·Multiple injuries including traumatic closed head injury, blunt trauma of the ch…
A 19-year-old female passenger died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 25 March 2020, when the vehicle she was travelling in left the highway and struck a large eucalyptus tree.…
22y · Male·Extensive head injuries sustained in a single vehicle motor accident
A 22-year-old male died from extensive head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash after consuming alcohol to excess (blood alcohol 0.214 g/100mL…
57y · Female·Head injuries resulting in subdural haematoma and global cerebral ischaemic inju…
Amanda Dawson, a 57-year-old nurse, died from head injuries sustained during a fatal assault by her intimate partner, Lindsay Masatora, on 10 October 2016. Sh…
18y · Male·complications of acute on chronic subdural haemorrhage (operated) in the setting…
…ute-on-chronic subdural haemorrhage sustained during boxing sparring on 18 February 2019. He had suffered a head injury during sparring on 25 October 2018, presenting with headache, nausea and dizziness. Dr H. reviewed h…
23y · Male·head injury resulting in acute left subdural haemorrhage and cerebral oedema fro…
Andras Nagy, a 23-year-old professional Hungarian boxer, died from catastrophic head injury sustained during a sparring session on 1 May 2009 at a gym in Melbourne. He collapsed during round f…
18y · Male·Head injury sustained in motor vehicle collision during police pursuit
An 18-year-old man died from head injuries sustained as a passenger in a stolen vehicle that was being pursued by police. The vehicle reached…
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 a…
3y · Male·blunt trauma of the head when run over by a four-wheel drive vehicle
A 3-year-old child died from blunt head trauma after being run over by a four-wheel drive vehicle near Trial Harbour, Tasmania. The child was part …
24y · Male·depressed and linear fractures of the back and base of skull and fractures to th…
A 24-year-old man with ADHD and history of drug use was struck multiple times in the head with a hammer during an altercation while intoxicated with alcohol and cannabis. He sustained depressed and…
81y · Female·traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
Irene Ganley, aged 81, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle at a Hobart intersection on her birthday. She was on antico…
45y · Male·choking on food
…tion protocols; was restrained inappropriately with medical tape during showering; and suffered a fall with head injury immediately after restraint removal. Rather than triggering heightened observation, these incidents …
17y · Male·stroke (left middle cerebral artery infarction) following motorbike collision du…
…eing visible to experienced specialists. Early neurosurgical consultation would likely have identified the injury before irreversible brain damage occurred. Had the dissection been detected within 6-8 hours, endovascular…
27y · Male·Head injury
Warren Keith Matthews, aged 27, died from head injury following a motor vehicle collision on Bussell Highway, Western Australia. He was driving a vehicle …
39y · Male·Complications following extradural haemorrhage (operated) sustained in an electr…
…D with GCS 13 but rapidly deteriorated to GCS 4 with fixed dilated pupil, indicating critical intracranial injury. CT imaging revealed large extradural haemorrhage with midline shift, base of skull fracture, and subarach…
6y · Unknown·Head injuries sustained from impact by a large falling branch from a gum tree
A 6-year-old boy died from catastrophic head injuries sustained when struck by a large falling gum tree branch while camping on private property in rura…
Male·Head, chest, pelvis and limb injuries sustained in a single vehicle motorcycle c…
Andrew Shaun McKenna died from catastrophic head, chest, pelvis and limb injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on 29 November 2020. He was…
51y · Male·head injury
A 51-year-old man died from a severe head injury after falling from his bicycle at high speed (38-40 km/h) when the chain dislodged and jammed the re…
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