62 results for “acute traumatic head injury”
87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures
RFV, an 87-year-old man, died from severe facial fractures and traumatic brain injury sustained during an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital in critical co…
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 remaine…
26y · Male·Blunt force head injuries from ATV motor vehicle crash, with acute alcohol toxic…
A 26-year-old male died from blunt force head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle ATV crash at 2:40am. He was heavily intoxicated (BAC 0.23%), not wea…
30y · Male·Acute pneumonia and multi-organ failure, due to or as a consequence of traumatic…
Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 30-year-old Sudanese refugee, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall down stairs at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre on 22 December 2…
0y · Female·Head injury
Baby ABA, born in Lebanon and arrived in Australia at 2 months old, died from head injury at 6.5 months of age on 10 June 2008. She had fallen from a couch on 7 June 2008 with no apparent se…
17y · Male·head injury with contributing factor of myocarditis
Nathan Wsol, a 17-year-old male, died from head injury and myocarditis sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He collided head-on with a tree on 16 March …
81y · Male·acute subdural haematoma
An 81-year-old man suffered a witnessed fall at a shopping centre with head strike to the right parietal region. He presented to the ED with a small haematoma and confusion. The ED te…
20y · Male·Hinge fracture base of skull and vault of skull fractures with closed head injur…
Joshua Luke Ortlepp, aged 20, died from skull fractures sustained in a motor vehicle collision while being pursued by police. He had consumed alcohol (BAC 0.179%) and cannabis, significantly impairing his driving ability…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury; Hiron: chest a…
…le under the influence of methamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the passengers sustained critical chest and abdominal injuries. The coroner found all three men wer…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
…hy fell at home on 10 August 2022, injuring his thumb. He presented to the ED alert and orientated, denying head strike or loss of consciousness. His thumb dislocation was treated and no brain imaging was performed. Two …
23y · Male·head injury resulting in acute left subdural haemorrhage and cerebral oedema fro…
Andras Nagy, a 23-year-old professional Hungarian boxer, died from catastrophic head injury sustained during a sparring session on 1 May 2009 at a gym in Melbourne. He collapsed during round f…
21y · Male·Cerebral trauma to pons, mid brain, thalamus and subthalamic nuclei due to unsta…
A 21-year-old experienced quad bike rider died from severe head trauma sustained in a quad bike accident while pig hunting. Intoxicated (0.164% urine alcohol, three times …
30y · Male·head injury sustained in a fall after being struck by crowd controller Henry Von…
Jerry Karamesinis, aged 30, died from fatal head injuries sustained in a fall outside a nightclub on 13 May 2007. He was struck by crowd controller Henry Vo…
51y · Male·head injury
A 51-year-old man died from a severe head injury after falling from his bicycle at high speed (38-40 km/h) when the chain dislodged and jammed the re…
40y · Male·Head injury from assault
… eleven days after being assaulted by another inmate at Woodford Correctional Centre. He sustained a severe head injury from stomping to the head, resulting in subdural haemorrhage and traumatic brain injury. The coroner…
90y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with traumatic brain injury
Francis Robert Ward, age 90, died of pneumonia following traumatic brain injury sustained from multiple falls while imprisoned. He had numerous comorbidities including hyp…
27y · Male·Head injury
Warren Keith Matthews, aged 27, died from head injury following a motor vehicle collision on Bussell Highway, Western Australia. He was driving a vehicle …
0y · Male·traumatic head injury due to instrumental vaginal delivery of a term infant
Baby H died on 24 March 2019, one day after birth, from traumatic head injuries sustained during an instrumental vaginal delivery using Neville Barnes forceps on a baby i…
38y · Male·hanging
…found deceased by hanging on 20 July 2020. Post-mortem neuropathology confirmed severe stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He experienced numerous head knocks during football and sustained a serious knocko…
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…
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