895 results for “head injury”
41y · Male·Head Injury in a Man with Acute Alcohol Intoxication; basal skull fracture with …
Ronald Gregory Kidner, 41, died from a basal skull fracture and severe head trauma on 25 October 2004, four days after falling at a recreation club while acutely intoxicated. He prese…
86y · Male·head injury with acute subdural haemorrhage
…ld resident at Bethanie Waters aged care facility, suffered an unwitnessed fall on 2 July 2010 striking his head, resulting in acute subdural haemorrhage. He was examined by nursing staff who found no obvious head injury…
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; …
29y · Male·head injury
…or alert. 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 F…
69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …
… at work with witnessed loss of consciousness and occipital laceration. Despite meeting criteria for urgent head CT imaging (age >65, head injury, loss of consciousness, anticoagulation), this was not performed in the Em…
48y · Male·Head injury
A 48-year-old man died from a head injury sustained during a confrontation at a burgled fish and chip shop. He had broken into the shop early …
28y · Male·Cerebral contusions and fractured skull following a blow to the back of the head
…ons and a fractured skull sustained during a physical altercation on 10 January 2002. He was punched in the head by Jason Rogers during a fight and fell backward, striking his head. The coroner found Murphy had an unusua…
45y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
Colleen Fermanian, 45, died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained on 24-25 March 2017. She had a history of heavy alcohol use and advanced liver disease. The circu…
74y · Male·traumatic closed head injuries
Errol Adrian Fletcher, a 74-year-old man, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained when struck by a vehicle while crossing a service station driveway in Huonville on 28 No…
1y · Female·head injury from non-accidental trauma
Chloe Murphy, an 11-month-old girl, died from severe head injuries on 5 December 2010 after being left in the care of a babysitter (Mrs Jenkins) on 3 December. Medic…
52y · Male·Head injury sustained in a fall following excessive consumption of alcohol
…sis, thrombocytopenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder, was found deceased at home following a fall with head injury. He had a history of frequent falls while intoxicated. At the time of his death, he had recently bee…
73y · Male·Head injury sustained in an e-scooter accident
A 73-year-old man died from head injuries sustained in an e-scooter accident. He was riding on a non-shared footpath without a helmet, carry…
0y · Male·Complications of birth-related traumatic head injury
…, a neonate born at 36 weeks gestation, died at 7 days of age from complications of birth-related traumatic head injury. Labour was prolonged in the second stage; instrumental delivery was attempted but abandoned due to …
64y · Female·acute bronchopneumonia complicating Alzheimer's dementia with head injury
A 64-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer's dementia died from acute bronchopneumonia following a head injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall. She was under a guardianship order with special powers at the time…
37y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhages/brain damage and fractured skull
…hage and skull fracture after being punched and falling onto concrete. The critical clinical lesson is that head injuries may be completely undetectable on external examination, particularly in intoxicated patients where…
23y · Male·Blunt force head injury
A 23-year-old man died from blunt force head injury after being struck during a violent altercation outside a Sydney hotel. He fell backwards, striking …
29y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
A 29-year-old man died from acute subdural haematoma following blunt head trauma. He was arrested for public drunkenness after a fight with a friend and lodged in police cells where…
20y · Male·Head injury sustained in a motorcycle collision as a driver
A 20-year-old experienced motorcyclist died from head injury sustained in a collision on the Coles Track in Mount Napier State Park while riding an unregistered …
5y · Male·complications of blunt force injury to the head
A 5-year-old boy died from complications of blunt force head injury sustained on 19-20 March 2010. He presented to a rural hospital unresponsive, with the initial accou…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
…l haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another head injury. He had mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia diagnosed in August 2013, was prone to falls, and wa…
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