18y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to raised intracranial pressure caused by severe clos…
An 18-year-old woman died from hypoxic encephalopathy due to severe closed head injury sustained when she fell from a shade sail structure at a playground. While climbing on the sai…
24y · Male·traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
Nicholas William Hildyard, age 24, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on Arthur Highway near Forcett, Tasmania on 6 March 2020.…
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 no…
86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall
Alan Noel Sheedy, 86 years old, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. He had been admitted for respite care…
26y · Male·Closed head injury with extradural and subdural haemorrhage resulting from a sku…
26-year-old Marcio Jose Lay Nheu died from a closed head injury with extradural haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head with a Maglite torch at Karama Shoppi…
81y · Female·traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
Irene Ganley, aged 81, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle at a Hobart intersection on her birthday. She was on …
46y · Female·traumatic closed head injuries due to a fall from a ladder
Janelle Lee White, a 46-year-old woman, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall from a 2.4-metre aluminium A-frame ladder while working on a garden shed…
24y · Male·Head injury from explosion
…forced the truck's roof and walls apart, crushing the driver against the steering wheel, resulting in fatal head injuries. This tragedy was preventable through: (1) ensuring LPG cylinder valves are fully closed before tr…
21y · Male·traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash
Alessandro Borchi, a 21-year-old Italian working holidaymaker, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 January 2018 in Huonville, Tasmania. The vehicle, dri…
20y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motorcycle collision
Blake McCarthy, a 20-year-old motorcyclist with a history of traffic violations, died from traumatic closed head injury following a collision with a motor vehicle. McCarthy was disqualified from driving, riding an …
8y · Female·Closed head injury
An 8-year-old girl died from severe closed head injuries sustained when a bouncy castle (inflatable amusement structure) was lifted by a sudden whirl…
82y · Male·closed head injury (subdural haematoma) sustained in a fall
… lessons: (1) falls prevention protocols must be actively implemented; (2) patients on anticoagulation with head trauma require urgent INR checking and careful consideration of CT imaging despite initially normal signs; …
80y · Female·subdural haematoma due to closed head injury sustained in a fall from bed in hos…
An 80-year-old woman with chronic heart failure admitted to hospital fell from bed and hit her head. Although nursing staff were concerned about a possible head injury, the House Medical Officer incorrectly …
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
…ld woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol concentration was 0.23% (4.5 time…
96y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall
A 96-year-old man with cognitive impairment and previous traumatic brain injury from a 2021 fall was admitted to residential aged care on 16 February 2022. He had a minor slip from his c…
23y · Male·Drowning following being hit by a large wave and washed into the ocean while sta…
…ave at North Curl Curl rock pool and washed unconscious into the ocean. He likely lost consciousness from a head injury during the wave impact. Although the pool had been closed that morning due to dangerous conditions, …
Unknown·John Eric Mitchell: aortic laceration. Graham Bryant: closed head injury.
…with a utility driven by Michelle Thiele who failed to give way. Graham Bryant (51) died in June 2007 from closed head injury when his motorcycle collided with the same driver's utility in nearly identical circumstances …
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…
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…
77y · Male·traumatic closed head injury due to a fall from standing
Alan Maurice Gray, 77, suffered a fall at a service station on 16 September 2020, hitting his head. He called for an ambulance at 7:54pm but paramedics did not arrive until 12:09am (4 hours 15 minutes delay…
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