343 results for “traumatic head injury”
35y · Female·homicide by smothering/suffocation, possibly facilitated by chloroform exposure
…ally diverse (CALD) populations where controlling and isolating behaviours may not be recognized; (2) After head injury with cognitive impairment, mood disturbance and work difficulty, suicide risk assessment should be p…
Quad bike and side-by-side vehicle rollover accidents resulting in drowning, asp…
…despite manufacturer age warnings, and lack of formal safety training. Direct causes included drowning from head injury, asphyxiation from crush injuries, and traumatic brain injury. The coroner identified multiple contr…
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
…3 showed a critically narrowed (3mm) subglottic airway with suspected chondronecrosis, which an experienced head and neck radiologist reported to the on-call ENT junior doctor. The ENT Consultant failed to appreciate the…
8y · Female·complications of multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
Eight-year-old Anita Board died from catastrophic brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash at Perth Motorplex on her first junior drag racing licensing attempt. H…
12y · Male·Head, chest and abdominal injuries sustained when run over by a vehicle
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy died from head, chest and abdominal injuries when run over by a Toyota Landcruiser during a school carnival 'Troopy Pull' …
Multiple traumatic injuries due to motor vehicle collision
This inquest examined the deaths of four young people in a motor vehicle collision on the Cunningham Highway near Warwick on 5 January 2008. The primary investigative issue was determining who was driving the Honda Civic…
44y · Female·Head injury sustained when exiting a moving vehicle
A 44-year-old Filipino woman died from head injuries after exiting a moving vehicle travelling at 100 km/h during an episode of domestic violence. Ms B…
75y · Female·Complications of multiple injuries sustained when struck by a car (pedestrian)
…buting to the accident. No clinical management issues were identified; the death was attributable to the traumatic injuries sustained.
30y · Male·Positional asphyxia and inhalation of blood due to motor vehicle accident
Barry Cavanagh, aged 30, died from positional asphyxia after losing control of his vehicle at high speed while driving under the influence of alcohol. He had been charged with drink-driving two hours earlier and released…
68y · Male·traumatic brain injury due to a gunshot wound to the head
A 68-year-old man with history of depression, heavy smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and prior bowel cancer shot himself fatally with a licensed firearm. He had been assessed as 'fit and proper' to hold his firear…
36y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
KE was a 36-year-old with longstanding psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, substance abuse, and multiple previous self-harm incidents. He was on bail with a residential condition preventing him…
82y · Female·traumatic closed head injury (subdural haematoma) resulting from a fall from sta…
Mrs Emily Jones, 82, died from subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall at Royal Hobart Hospital on 15 November 2021. She was admitted five days after discharge from Hobart Private Hospital where she was treated …
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
SK, a 25-year-old man with ADHD, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, depression and anxiety, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while handling an unregistered revolver under the influence of amphetamines, cannab…
92y · Female·Consequences of an assault
A 92-year-old woman with dementia died from consequences of an assault by another resident with unmanaged psychosis in an aged care facility. The assault occurred after the facility failed to adequately monitor, assess, …
67y · Male·Head injuries sustained from a fall from the upstairs landing in Goldsmith G Blo…
…67-year-old Chinese-speaking prisoner on remand, died by suicide in prison on 6 February 2017 after falling head-first from a landing. He had a complex psychiatric history including anxiety, depression, hyponatraemia, an…
4y · Female·Traumatic head injury sustained by a falling tree branch
A 4-year-old child was killed in Rosalind Park, Bendigo when a large tree limb fell, striking her head. The coroner found that an Inspections Arborist conducted a ground-level assessment three months prior to t…
3y · Male·Consistent with Multiple Injuries
Thomas Michael Brasier, age 3, died from multiple injuries sustained when a brick pillar supporting a veranda roof at a holiday cottage collapsed while he was on a hammock. The pillar was built in 1975 without proper str…
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
Bradyn Dillon, aged 9, was brutally beaten to death by his father Graham Dillon in February 2016. The inquest examined how multiple agencies—police, child protection, education, and health services—failed to protect him …
0y · Female·Extensive cerebral destruction as a result of fractured skull following accident…
Isabella Wren Diefenbach, a 7-week-old infant, died from head injuries sustained when she fell from her father's arms after he stepped through a severely decayed timber …
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
…nts over four days, no clear diagnosis emerged. He was found unresponsive in his cell. The autopsy excluded head injury, sepsis, and opioid toxicity but could not definitively exclude withdrawal-related seizure or cardia…
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