477 results for “blunt trauma”
28y · Male·Multiple injuries due to blunt chest and abdominal trauma
Adam McNamara, aged 28, died from multiple injuries due to blunt chest and abdominal trauma sustained in a motorcycle accident on Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth after losing con…
0y · Male·head injury of undetermined aetiology
… and retinal haemorrhages. Expert pathologists reviewed the case in 2009-2010 and concluded non-accidental blunt force injury was most likely. However, without evidence of violence, clear mechanism, or witness testimony…
7y · Male·Blunt force head injury with bilateral acute subdural haemorrhage, hypoxic/ischa…
Levai, a 7-year-old boy with learning difficulties, died from blunt force head trauma inflicted by his mother's boyfriend Kodi Maybir on 20 May 2013. The coroner identified s…
47y · Female·Cardiorespiratory failure precipitated by multiple rib fractures rendering the c…
Ms D, aged 47, was struck and killed by a motor vehicle at a public park on 13 February 2016. The vehicle rolled downhill after the owner engaged only a partially effective handbrake (at the 6th ratchet position instead …
78y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head caused by a compressor from a refrigeration unit …
Margaret Wishart, aged 78, died instantly on 5 June 2007 when a semi-trailer driven by Christian Scholl collided with a V/Line passenger train at a level crossing near Kerang, Victoria. The compressor from the refrigerat…
21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …
Baylen Pendergast, 21 months old, died from complications of blunt head injury sustained in two separate traumatic incidents (17 and 28 November 2013). The coroner found inj…
18y · Male·left haemopneumothorax due to traumatic rupture of the lower lobe of the left lu…
An 18-year-old male riding a motorcycle died when the vehicle crashed into a culvert while being pursued by police. The deceased was riding whilst disqualified from holding a licence and fled from police at moderate spee…
Male·Homicide; likely suffocation due to placement of plastic bag over head, but exac…
Bradley Wade Breward died on 1 January 2017 as a result of homicide committed by Mark Rodney Jones. Mr Breward was subjected to sustained violence including kicks, punches, waterboarding, and asphyxiation by plastic bag …
48y · Female and male·Ms Dailler: blunt head trauma and multiple sharp force injuries including stab w…
… people in a violent domestic relationship. Ms Dailler, aged 48, was killed by her partner Mr Muir through blunt force trauma and stab wounds. Mr Muir subsequently died by suicide. The case demonstrates systemic failure…
22y · Male·Cranial fracture, epidural haemorrhage, marked cerebral oedema and diffuse axona…
…m protective instinct alone. The critical clinical lesson is that any loss of consciousness following head trauma, regardless of initial apparent stability, warrants urgent hospital assessment and neuroimaging to exclude…
22y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries sustained in motorcycle versus motor vehicle colli…
A 22-year-old male motorcycle rider died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a high-speed collision with a Toyota Hilux at a give-way intersection in Alice…
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 disqualified from riding motorcycles, significantly affected by…
23y · Male·Head Injuries
Conner Stewart, 23-year-old male, died from head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on 27 July 2022 at Burren Junction, NSW. A Toyota Landcruiser left the roadway on Bugilbone Road, rotated clo…
13y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and tra…
…anced driver training on expectations at familiar crossings, and careful pre-hospital triage protocols for trauma transfers.
16y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to skull fracture and extradural haemotoma from b…
…; (3) Symptoms mimicking alcohol intoxication (confusion, vomiting, headache, unsteadiness) following head trauma must trigger medical evaluation; (4) The critical early intervention window was missed—early hospital atte…
30y · Male·head injury occasioned by impact with a moving vehicle moving at speed
Matthew Mitchell, 30 years old, died from a severe head injury sustained when struck by a moving vehicle on Graham Drive, Sandy Beach on 17 August 2013. He remained comatose for one month before dying at Royal North Shor…
15y · Female·Multiple blunt injuries due to being struck by a car
Brittany Kate Goss, a 15-year-old student, died after being struck by a car while crossing the West Tamar Highway in rural Tasmania at dusk. She had alighted from a bus to meet her father waiting across the road. A Nissa…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
Suzanne Evans, aged 50, died from combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her pa…
35y · Male·Neck and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash; specifically cer…
Gian George Gudge, a 35-year-old motorcyclist, died from neck and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash on 20 May 2022 in Launceston, Tasmania. He was riding a motorcycle with a mechanical defect (sticky …
74y · Female·Blunt force injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle while crossing Joh…
…hicle while crossing John Street in Lidcombe at approximately 8:30pm on 16 February 2019, sustaining fatal blunt force injuries. The coroner found the pedestrian at fault, having crossed in a dark section of road withou…
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