439 results for “traumatic injuries”
Male·Stab wound to the chest penetrating the pleural cavity and pericardium
…f weapon involvement. Clinical lessons relate to recognising and managing patients presenting with acute traumatic injuries from violent incidents.
69y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (passenger)
Kerry Kathleen Capes, aged 69, died as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident when a Subaru failed to give way at the intersection of Wenkes Road and the Hume Freeway, colliding with a truck travelling at 98 km/h. The S…
29y · Female·Multiple severe blunt traumatic injuries to the face, neck and head
… violence order preventing contact, Tunks breached it and fatally assaulted her with multiple blunt force injuries to her head and face. The coroner identified two critical failures by Tasmania Police. First, in April 20…
33y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Wei Han Chang, a 33-year-old chef, died instantly in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Eastern Freeway when struck by a vehicle driven by an intoxicated driver travelling in the wrong direction. Mr Chang was drivi…
45y · Male·Head injury from motor vehicle rollover
Mr Toby, a 45-year-old Indigenous male with significant alcohol problems, died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle rollover on 25 August 2012. Police attempted a random breath test on an unse…
0y · Male·Motor vehicle collision injuries
…ed light, and collided T-bone with the Oppelaar family vehicle. Three died at the scene with unsurvivable injuries; Williams died in hospital during emergency surgery. The coroner found the police pursuit was justified a…
24y · Male·Complications of head injuries (operated), sustained in a tram impact (pedestria…
A 24-year-old international student died from catastrophic head injuries sustained when struck by a tram. He was not wearing his prescription glasses, was distracted by his mobil…
21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…
Two young Aboriginal men, Steven McLean (21) and Shane Wallam (20), died in a motor vehicle crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen vehicle at dangerous speeds. Both were severely intoxicated by …
30y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity in the setting of a stabbing
…en combined with acute physical stress, and the unpredictability of fatal outcomes even with superficial traumatic injuries in the setting of stimulant toxicity.
91y · Male·intracranial haemorrhage (subdural, subarachnoid and parenchymal) complicating r…
…alls within two days while in respite care, the second causing bilateral subdural haemorrhages and other traumatic injuries. Management of anticoagulation was complicated by high clot risk from the valve versus bleeding…
29y · Male·head injury
…t. Despite being resuscitated at the scene and transported to hospital, Forde sustained unsurvivable head injuries. The coroner noted the van lacked an externally audible reversing alarm which would have alerted Forde to…
1y · Male·Massive head injury
Kalon Tippett, aged 21 months, died from massive head injuries sustained when he fell from a tractor bucket and was run over on a family farm. The child was placed in t…
30y · Female·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries and incineration sustained in an aircraft coll…
Nikita Jo Walker, a 30-year-old commercial pilot with 530 hours experience, died when her twin-engine aircraft collided with the Western Arthur Range in Tasmania on 8 December 2018 whilst flying a direct route to Bathurs…
27y · Female·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries
Jessica Geddes, 27, was killed by her partner Robert Rickerby through multiple blunt force injuries on 6 November 2020. The autopsy revealed extensive acute, subacute and chronic injuries inconsistent with…
5y · Female·aspiration of vomit with microscopic early pneumonia, in a child with a history …
A five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy resulting from non-accidental head injuries at two months old died from aspiration of vomit with early pneumonia. Critical lessons: bruising in non-a…
31y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained from being run over by a truck
A 31-year-old man died after being struck by a truck while lying on a roadway in a state of severe intoxication. He had consumed alcohol (blood alcohol 0.250-0.268%) combined with toxic levels of diazepam, temazepam, alp…
23y · Female·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Jacqueline Pringle, 23, died from injuries sustained in a fall from the 60th floor of an apartment after consuming alcohol and MDMA at Crown Casino.…
Multiple traumatic injuries due to motor vehicle collision
…s blood alcohol concentration of 0.129%, occupant seating positions established through body evidence and injuries, and corroboration from the truck driver's eyewitness account. The coroner made recommendations that Quee…
29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury
A 29-year-old Aboriginal woman suffered a motor vehicle collision resulting in severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma ward, she experienced…
37y · Male·asphyxia due to oxygen deprivation secondary to inhalation of helium
Andrew Nolan Christie, a 37-year-old former soldier with PTSD and back pain, died by suicide using helium inhalation on 16 August 2017. Key clinical lessons: (1) Military veterans with untreated PTSD and relationship bre…
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