89y · Male·Congestive heart failure due to or as a consequence of ischaemic cardiomyopathy
…e heart failure after a fall at a nursing home. He suffered a cervical spine injury (C1-C2 subluxation) and head laceration during an unwitnessed fall at 2:45am on 9 November 2017. Clinical lessons include: (1) inadequat…
72y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…at his partner's property in Shepparton. He fell approximately three metres onto concrete, sustaining fatal head injuries including subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage, spinal fractures, and rib fractures. The coroner …
Male·chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
…illiam Wells, an experienced quad bike rider, died from massive chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a head-on collision with a four-wheel drive vehicle on Sandy Cape Track, Tasmania. The collision occurred as both …
10y · Male·catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds
A 10-month-old child died from catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds inflicted by their mother's boyfriend during an episode of care at home. The perpetrator violently shook the infant, thrust his finger i…
39y · Male·Positional asphyxia in a setting of intoxication and minor head injury
…staff, who arranged a taxi. Approximately 30 seconds after leaving the club, he fell and was found with his head wedged against the wall in a position that compromised his airway. Over six minutes elapsed before emergenc…
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…
43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…
…sk assessment appears absent from available records. She attended ED two days before death with significant head trauma and heavy alcohol intoxication following alleged assault. The coroner noted her alcohol toxicity (0.…
55y · Male·Multiorgan failure and septic shock complicating parasitic gastrointestinal infe…
…ltiorgan failure and septic shock due to parasitic gastrointestinal infection. He presented on 15 July with head banging and oral bleeding; initial assessment by paramedics and GP found only minor laceration. On 16 July,…
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 w…
42y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries caused by a traffic crash where he was the d…
Patrick Wayne Bloomfield, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man, died from blunt force head and chest injuries when his vehicle rolled on the Plenty Highway after police initiated a pursuit from a ra…
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
…ted with methylamphetamine and other drugs at the time of the crash. The driver (Arjomand) suffered a fatal head injury consistent with loss of consciousness or sudden sleep due to stimulant intoxication. The two passeng…
38y · Male·Single stab wound to the chest (cause inflicted by person unknown)
A 38-year-old man died from a single stab wound to the chest that penetrated his heart, suffered during a street altercation in Shepparton. The coroner could not definitively determine who inflicted the fatal wound despi…
69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …
…omplex cardiac disease on Warfarin, collapsed 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, antic…
29y · Male·complete transection of the vertebral column from the base of the skull sustaine…
A 29-year-old male university student died from complete transection of the vertebral column sustained in a motor vehicle collision while walking on the Brooker Highway at Granton, Tasmania. He had consumed alcohol (BAC …
80y · Male·Pneumonia, with multi-organ failure in the form of liver failure (due to chronic…
Idris Griffiths, a 80-year-old man, died of pneumonia with multi-organ failure whilst in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had advanced chronic hepatitis C with cirrhosis, ischaemic heart disease, and a history…
56y · Male·unascertainable; complications of liver cirrhosis and/or exposure most likely
…ed to Kalgoorlie Hospital in May 2010 following an alleged assault. He was initially evaluated for possible head injury but imaging ruled out significant intracranial pathology. His confusion and neurological symptoms we…
Male·Robert Harradine: multiple injuries including brain stem transection, cerebral l…
…tiple injuries; Anthony Wilson (15) died from pulmonary contusion with associated injuries including severe head trauma. The collision occurred when a Ford Cortina driven by Harradine struck a tree after he lost control …
44y · Male·Drowning due to head injury due to impact with yacht
…n Bay, Queensland, on 7 March 2020. He was not wearing a personal flotation device (PFD). After suffering a head injury in an unexpected sharp gybe manoeuvre, he fell into rough water (2–3 metre seas, winds 25–30 knots).…
12y · Male·Head injuries resulting from ride-on mower collision
Jake Garrett-Pratt, a 12-year-old boy, died from fatal head injuries sustained when he lost control of a poorly maintained ride-on lawn mower on a steep driveway. The …
21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …
Baylen Pendergast, 21 months old, died from complications of blunt head injury sustained in two separate traumatic incidents (17 and 28 November 2013). The coroner found injuries …
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