895 results for “head injury”
87y · Female·closed traumatic head injury from a fall at standing height; significant contrib…
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and diabetes sustained a fatal closed head injury from a fall in her aged care room overnight. The coroner found that the responsible ECA did not perf…
68y · Male·Head injuries (multiple skull fractures with subdural and subarachnoid haemorrha…
A 68-year-old man died from head injuries sustained in a fall onto rocks while fishing at Frenchman's Bluff, South Australia. He was found f…
46y · Female·Prolonged effects and complications of a head injury, with upper airway obstruct…
…r-old woman with history of alcohol use, coagulopathy and seizures, died from prolonged effects of a severe head injury sustained on 25 October 2011. She presented to Kempsey Hospital with extensive intracranial bleeding…
48y · Female·Head injuries
Ms Brooks, a 48-year-old woman, sustained fatal head injuries at home on 1 July 2011, dying on 11 July after neurosurgical intervention. Her estranged husband w…
16y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Ryan De Angelis, 16 years old, died from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during an unsupervised recreational rabbit shoot. While attempting to shoot a fox, his 16-year-ol…
28y · Male·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle crash (passenger ejected from rolling…
A 28-year-old Aboriginal male died from blunt force head injury sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle rollover crash on a dirt road near Wadeye, NT. The unli…
66y · Male·multiple head, neck, chest and limb injuries
…ved with appropriate seatbelt use. This case underscores the critical importance of seatbelt compliance in injury prevention.
35y · Male·Head injury with multifocal diffuse brain injury resulting in raised intracrania…
Jacob Crawford, 35, died from head injury sustained in a quad bike rollover on 29 January 2019. He was riding on a steep unfamiliar incline in…
77y · Female·Large acute subdural haemorrhage leading to uncal herniation subsequent to an ac…
…ed 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 prompte…
Male·Gunshot wound to chest (Aleksander Stefanovic); gunshot wound to head (AD)
…Aleksander Stefanovic (aged 36, recently commenced methadone for opioid use) in the chest, causing a fatal injury. Aleksander died following emergency response and resuscitation attempts. AD then shot himself in the head…
1y · Female·blunt force injury of the head sustained when she fell from a third-floor window…
A 15-month-old girl died from blunt force head injury after falling from a third-floor apartment window lacking a safety lock. The building was governed b…
0y · Male·Head injury in the setting of labour
…understandably difficult (subgaleal haemorrhages are rare and insidious), critical gaps existed: inadequate head circumference monitoring, inappropriate modification of vital sign thresholds on the ViCTOR chart, insuffic…
21y · Male·head and chest injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash
Ethan Chugg, 21 years old, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash on 3 December 2020. The vehicle swerved to avo…
65y · Male·complications, including pneumonia, of traumatic brain injury
A 65-year-old male prisoner died from complications of severe traumatic brain injury sustained when punched by another prisoner at Hakea Prison. He fell backwards, striking his head, and was …
23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…
…nguination following a sword laceration to his right posterior leg inflicted during a violent assault. The injury completely severed the popliteal artery and vein. While this was a criminal matter resulting in manslaught…
26y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
…ate a sweeping left-hand bend, left the road, and struck steel barrier cables and posts, sustaining massive head injuries, cardiac laceration, thoracic spinal fractures, and abdominal bleeding. This case illustrates the …
29y · Male·Head injury sustained in a motor vehicle incident
Bradley Finegan, a 29-year-old linesman, died from a severe head injury sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash on Parker Road, Silvan, Victoria. He was driving a…
Multiple injuries (Armstrong and Eades); complications of head injury (De Agrela…
… tree. Two passengers (Armstrong and Eades) died at the scene; a third (De Agrela) died two days later from head injuries. Police officers had initiated a brief pursuit which was appropriately aborted within 25 seconds w…
14y · Male·closed head injury
A 14-year-old male died from a closed head injury following a high-speed collision while driving a stolen vehicle being pursued by police. The driver,…
22y · Female·unsurvivable head injury
A 22-year-old experienced stable worker and amateur rider died from unsurvivable head injuries sustained when thrown from a horse during track work. The horse suffered a catastrophic leg fractu…
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