895 results for “head injury”
74y · Male·blunt head impact with skull fracture and traumatic brain injury from fall from …
A 74-year-old man with significant cardiac history died from blunt head trauma and skull fracture sustained in a fall from a ladder while gardening. Toxicology revealed elevated v…
33y · Male·Drowning and head injury
… 2009. He was knocked into the sea by a large wave within moments of arriving at the location, sustaining a head injury that likely rendered him unconscious. Although he was described as a good swimmer, he was fully clot…
32y · Male·Drowning
…ine while navigating breaking waves. The vessel capsized, ejecting all three crew members. Powell sustained head injuries and drowned. Clinical lessons include the critical importance of risk assessment before deployment…
16y · Female·Massive head injury due to motor vehicle accident
Emily Jade Payne, 16, died from massive head injuries sustained when the vehicle she was travelling in crashed into a tree on a rural unsealed road near…
84y · Female·multiple injuries (head, chest, pelvis and limb injuries)
…ent at her home. While reversing her car from her driveway, she was ejected from the vehicle and struck her head on a concrete curb and a power pole. The coroner determined the cause was driver error, possibly related to…
56y · Male·head injuries
Mark Lowther, a 56-year-old plumber, died from head injuries when a tree he was felling with a chainsaw and excavator struck him. The excavator's Roll Over Pro…
51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging
Michelle Louise Meades, aged 51, died from blunt force head injuries, stab wounds to the neck, and gagging following a violent assault at a residential unit in Tasmani…
88y · Male·Blunt head trauma sustained in a fall from a ladder
An 88-year-old man died from blunt head trauma after falling from a 2-metre wooden ladder while pruning a hedge. The ladder lacked safety features …
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash, including basal skull frac…
Luke Johnstone, aged 25, died in a high-speed head-on motor vehicle collision on 25 May 2023. He was driving at approximately 150 kph under the influence of a…
20y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motorcycle collision
Blake McCarthy, a 20-year-old motorcyclist with a history of traffic violations, died from traumatic closed head injury following a collision with a motor vehicle. McCarthy was disqualified from driving, riding an unregi…
26y · Male·Blunt force head injuries from ATV motor vehicle crash, with acute alcohol toxic…
A 26-year-old male died from blunt force head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle ATV crash at 2:40am. He was heavily intoxicated (BAC 0.23%), not wea…
16y · Male·Severe closed head injury sustained when motorcycle collided with post and rail …
A 16-year-old learner motorcycle rider died from severe head injury after colliding with a fence while being pursued by police for speeding (121 km/h in a 50 km/h zone)…
68y · Female·Complications of a right subdural haemorrhage (palliated), sustained in a fall
…esulting in massive intracranial bleeding. Clinical assessment after earlier falls may have underestimated injury risk. The coroner found the level of care appropriate and fell prevention strategies adequate, though note…
21y · Male·Cerebral trauma to pons, mid brain, thalamus and subthalamic nuclei due to unsta…
A 21-year-old experienced quad bike rider died from severe head trauma sustained in a quad bike accident while pig hunting. Intoxicated (0.164% urine alcohol, three times …
24y · Male·left intracerebral haemorrhage and consequential brain bleeding resulting from h…
…ssaulted on 27 December 2008 by Shaun Steven Midd at a service station in Broome, suffering a strike to the head causing unconsciousness, kicks to the head with steel-capped boots, and skull fractures. Police arrested Nj…
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
…following a fall while in supported residential care. He experienced multiple falls over several weeks with head trauma. On 11 February 2019, after falling backwards and striking his head despite wearing a helmet, he dev…
17y · Male·Head injury
Wesley Russell Yamera, 17 years old, died on 22 December 2002 from head injury sustained when he fell from a police security vehicle cage. On 18 December, Yamera was apprehended b…
72y · Male·Drowning following a traumatic closed head injury due to a fall down an embankme…
…ert John Robinson, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, died from drowning following a traumatic head injury sustained when he fell from an unfenced embankment into a creek at Rose Bay Park. He fell approximat…
75y · Male·pneumonia and head injury from fall
…ckwards suddenly while standing in the corridor despite a care assistant being present. He sustained severe head injury with subdural haematoma and skull fractures, developed aspiration pneumonia, and died on 9 May 2020.…
62y · Male·head, chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a cycle versus car motor vehicle in…
Jon Gorr, aged 62, died from head, chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a collision between his bicycle and a car driven by William Bennett…
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