439 results for “traumatic injuries”
66y · Male·blood loss (exsanguination) due to being mauled by dog
…et, Tasmania. In September 2023, Rubin attacked JW after he fell on the dog while walking, causing severe injuries requiring hospitalization and surgical repair. Following this incident, an experienced dog trainer explic…
14y · Male·Head injuries resulting from a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
…truck by a four-wheel drive vehicle while skateboarding on Russell Island in June 2014 and died from head injuries. The driver was speeding (above 60km/h limit), intoxicated (estimated BAC 0.08-0.118%), and driving a veh…
58y · Male·Pneumonia and urosepsis
…itoring was inadequate, and there was no holistic consideration of his overall presentation. His pressure injuries were inadequately managed despite preventative plans in place. While the coroner found his death was from…
81y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating head, chest and abdominal injuries sustained du…
…hile crossing Sydney Road in Brunswick on 29 April 2010. He sustained multiple head, chest, and abdominal injuries and died on 4 May 2010 from multi-organ failure. The coroner found insufficient evidence that the tram dr…
34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…
Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspirat…
55y · Female·Unascertained
Ms Ismail, a 55-year-old driver, died in a motor vehicle collision after being distracted by her mobile phone while using GPS navigation. She failed to stop at a stop sign, accelerating into an intersection at approximat…
47y · Male·Hypovolaemic shock due to exsanguination from traumatic rupture of femoral arter…
…r used a spotter—standard practice outlined in the Plant Code of Practice. Critical clinical lessons: the injuries (femoral artery rupture, massive groin trauma) were immediately life-threatening despite rapid emergency …
1y · Male·Complication of burns and trauma to the mesenteric artery
…of body) sustained when left unsupervised in a bath of hot water (65°C) for 10-15 minutes, combined with traumatic mesenteric artery tears of unknown cause. The child deteriorated in a manner inconsistent with typical b…
16y · Male·multiple injuries
…peed (entering at ~108-155 km/h in a 70 km/h zone), colliding with a bus. The child suffered catastrophic injuries and died despite immediate resuscitation efforts by police and paramedics. The coroner found that multipl…
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 was late…
48y · Female·Head injuries from balcony collapse
A 48-year-old woman died from severe head injuries sustained when a pre-1910s timber balcony collapsed at a residential property in Brisbane in November 200…
66y · Female·Blood loss due to tearing of the spleen and fractured ribs occasioned by a motor…
…nt. She was involved in a minor crash, assessed by paramedics who found normal vital signs and no obvious injuries. She declined hospital transport. Police then detained her on suspicion of drink-driving (0.198% BAC). Ov…
43y · Female·External neck compression due to self-inflicted hanging
A 43-year-old NSW Police officer died by suicide on duty while suffering from work-related Major Depressive Disorder and PTSD. She had a suicide attempt in November 2012 that was not formally investigated as a new incide…
Multiple injuries (Armstrong and Eades); complications of head injury (De Agrela…
…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 when the…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries from assault
A 41-year-old woman with physical disability and stable mental health was killed by her adult son through severe blunt force trauma including extensive rib fractures causing flail chest, pneumohaemothorax, liver lacerati…
29y · Male·fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine
…on caused a fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine with complete spinal cord transection, fatal injuries that were immediately incapacitating. The coroner found the police pursuit was initiated appropriately fo…
30y · Male·Electrocution and multiple injuries from contact with high voltage arcing electr…
AC, a 30-year-old man, died from electrocution and traumatic injuries after climbing a high-voltage transmission tower during a police traffic stop in Wagga Wagga. H…
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
…, a 55-year-old man with chronic depression, alcohol dependence, and multiple suicide attempts, died from injuries sustained in a fall from a shopping centre sign. He had jumped from a parapet four years earlier and was …
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 …
0y · Male·Traumatic head injury
BJay Adam Johnstone, 45 days old, died from severe traumatic head injury inflicted by his father Simon Johnstone in a household environment. BJay suffered multiple e…
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