312 results for “severe brain injury”
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
…ted his agitation severity due to poor communication between nursing and medical teams. When Jarrod became severely agitated and pulled out his oxygen support at 10:15pm, no alarm sounded because he had also disconnected…
30y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motorcycle accident (pedestrian)
Amanda Lee Hirning, 30, died from multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motorcycle while crossing Stanley Street East in East Brisbane. She stepped onto the road 30-40 metres from a traffic light-controlled inters…
0y · Male·complications of head injury
A premature newborn died from severe head injuries inflicted deliberately by his teenage father in hospital on 15 February 2014. The father had…
56y · Male·Hypoxia and cardiac arrest with contributing conditions of Ischaemic Heart Disea…
…pofol) was used for this high-risk patient. During surgery, the patient experienced prolonged hypoxia with severe oxygen desaturation (53–78%), bradycardia (heart rate 26–40/min), and hypertension, none adequately recogn…
20y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy
…rrest followed. Only at 1:25am, 65 minutes later, was the tube found to be in the oesophagus and replaced. Severe hypoxic brain injury resulted; he died 27 January. The coroner found the death preventable through culture…
18y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to raised intracranial pressure caused by severe clos…
An 18-year-old woman died from hypoxic encephalopathy due to severe closed head injury sustained when she fell from a shade sail structure at a playground. While climbing on …
15y · Female·hypoxic brain damage due to multiple drug toxicity
…, limited engagement with available counselling and therapeutic services, and the cumulative effect of her severe childhood trauma which prevented meaningful attachment to carers or engagement with support. The death occ…
Multiple causes across seven deaths: severe blunt trauma, crush injuries, trauma…
This coronial inquest examined seven quad bike fatalities in Tasmania between 2012-2015. The deceased included farmers, workers, and recreational riders aged 21-75 years. Key findings: inadequate training was a significa…
56y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Keith Dickman, a 56-year-old experienced plumber, died from severe head injury sustained in a fall from a 2-metre 'A' frame ladder while installing air conditioning ducting …
2y · Male·Tramadol toxicity in the setting of adenotonsillectomy in a child with Pierre Ro…
…ve therapeutic concentrations. The child deteriorated overnight with respiratory depression, seizures, and severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury, leading to death despite intensive care. Key clinical failures included: t…
17y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia during restraint, with previous traumatic brain injury as a s…
Pono Aperahama, a 17-year-old with severe traumatic brain injury and moderate intellectual disability, died from cardiac arrhythmia during restraint…
23y · Male·blunt force head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race
A 23-year-old jockey, Reece Potter, died from severe head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race at Tottenham Picnic Races on 12 March 201…
19y · Female·severe head injury due to fall during gymnastics on Tumbl Trak, striking uncover…
A 19-year-old female gymnast died from severe head injury after falling from a Tumbl Trak apparatus and striking exposed concrete flooring at a gymnasti…
60y · Female·Focal pneumonia in a woman with emphysema and ischaemic heart disease
…and care were adequate. Clinical lessons include the challenge of managing medically complex patients with severe psychiatric disease and cognitive decline, the risk of sedating vulnerable patients with multiple comorbid…
63y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia complicating cardiac arrest in a ma…
…er, a 63-year-old man with schizophrenia, cardiac risk factors, and emphysema, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia following cardiac arrest on a psychiatric unit. He presented to ED on 15 August 2019 …
Unknown·Kevin Taylor and Lena Yali: multiple injuries sustained in vehicle collision. Gr…
Three architects died in a collision between a Mitsubishi Triton and an Airservices emergency fire truck at a Darwin intersection on 7-10 August 2011. The fire truck, a 30-tonne Rosenbauer Panther MK8, was responding to …
2y · Female·head injury
Hayley, aged 2, died from severe head injuries sustained on 7-8 July 2009 at her home in St Arnaud, Victoria. She presented to childcare in…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries from assault
A 41-year-old woman with physical disability and stable mental health was killed by her adult son through severe blunt force trauma including extensive rib fractures causing flail chest, pneumohaemothorax, liver lacerat…
0y · Male·Traumatic head injury
BJay Adam Johnstone, 45 days old, died from severe traumatic head injury inflicted by his father Simon Johnstone in a household environment. BJay suffered mu…
34y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging
…ficers on mezzanine to detect blocked cell windows. Rapid emergency response prevented immediate death but severe hypoxic brain injury was irreversible.
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