312 results for “severe brain injury”
52y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident
…equiring further comment, noting each factor had well-established connections to impaired driving and poor injury outcomes. This case illustrates how multiple preventable factors compounded to create a fatal outcome.
41y · Male·acute, severe hydrocephalus contributed to by longstanding chronic hydrocephalus…
Benjamin Cullen, aged 41, died on 25 February 2021 from acute severe hydrocephalus secondary to a brain tumour abutting the cerebral aqueduct. He suffered three seizures on 23…
33y · Male·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury secondary to acute cocaine toxicity
…aine whilst being arrested for trespass on 10 August 2020. He died 44 days later from irreversible hypoxic brain injury secondary to acute cocaine toxicity. Police attending the scene identified he was acutely unwell an…
29y · Female·Multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, resulting in severe brain injury …
Sandra Cawthorne, aged 29, was fatally shot on 12 April 2004 in Arndell Park, Sydney. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, and was five months pregnant. Despite a thorough 19-year police investiga…
55y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
Tracey Lee Cooke, a 55-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Footscray H…
27y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
… wear a seatbelt, and vehicle modifications that rendered it unroadworthy. Clinical/public health lessons: severe alcohol impairment catastrophically increases crash risk; seatbelt use is critical injury prevention; vehi…
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
TS, a 47-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood …
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, over 4 times the legal limit) and using his phone while driving. He…
65y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained after a rock entered the windscreen and struck her w…
Rosalyn O'Neill, 65, died from severe head injuries when a large granite rock entered the windscreen of a four-wheel-drive vehicle while she was…
17y · Female·Acute Lymphocytic Meningitis and Focal Myocarditis
Amy Lee Dawkins, 17, presented twice to Rockingham General Hospital ED within two weeks with severe headaches, myalgias, and vomiting. On 28 December 2008, she was discharged with a diagnosis of viral upper…
85y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in a man with multiple spinal fractures an…
…ing significant cervical spine fractures. He was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital where he developed severe pharyngeal dysphagia and delirium requiring a Level 1 Inpatient Treatment Order. A geriatrician identified…
77y · Female·Large acute subdural haemorrhage leading to uncal herniation subsequent to an ac…
…appeared uninjured with normal neurological examination. However, she developed breathing difficulties and severe headache hours later, which were attributed to pre-existing pulmonary disease. A dilated pupil at 4:25am p…
42y · Male·Combined effects of moderately severe physical exertion; a lateral vascular neck…
…or several minutes post-restraint. Medical evidence established that death resulted from combined factors: severe physical exertion, neck restraint, prone restraint positioning, and high amphetamine toxicity (1.2 mg/kg) …
41y · Male·Head injury in the setting of an e-bicycle collision (rider)
A 41-year-old male cyclist died from severe traumatic head injury following an e-bicycle collision. The coroner found his e-bicycle was unregistered a…
Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…
…g with evidence of petrol intoxication. Ken (35) died from exposure after wandering away from care; he had severe brain damage from decades of petrol sniffing. Cooper (27) died by hanging after recent release from psychi…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
Glenn William Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, We…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
… transported her to hospital where she was found in cardiac arrest. Prolonged resuscitation caused hypoxic brain injury. Clinical lessons: patients with asthma and hay fever, particularly those uncontrolled on reliever-…
39y · Male·rhabdomyolysis complicating cocaine toxicity against a background of atheroscler…
…ame unresponsive and shortly after suffered cardiorespiratory arrest requiring resuscitation. He sustained severe hypoxic brain injury and died 2 days later. The coroner found the restraint and sedation were appropriate …
76y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage
…ad on 26 January 2017. Nursing staff at the correctional facility inadequately assessed his traumatic head injury, failing to review his medication chart, consult applicable guidelines, or escalate to hospital. A severe …
62y · Female·Complications of progressive motor neurone disease
… Ryan, 62, died from complications of progressive motor neurone disease at a palliative care unit. She had severe disability including non-verbal status, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and deteriorating swallowing. I…
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