688 results for “multiple trauma”
Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision
…l injuries. The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous operation causing death. The clinical lesson relates to trauma management principles: severe polytrauma from motor vehicle collisions can be immediately fatal despite be…
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
Chi Khanh Huynh, a 52-year-old man with long-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involving multiple p…
49y · Male·Multiple trauma secondary to single vehicle motorcycle crash
Wade Palmer, aged 49, died from multiple trauma sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on 9 February 2020. The coroner found the motorcycl…
Female·Multiple fatal injuries from motor vehicle collision including laceration of the…
Emma Frances Hayes died from multiple fatal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway near Elizabeth Town, Tasmania o…
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorbike incident
A 32-year-old male motorcyclist died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a collision with a truck on the Western Freeway. The motorcycle was trave…
75y · Female·Haemorrhage due to chest and abdominal injuries sustained in motor vehicle colli…
…y appeared stable but deteriorated from internal bleeding (hypovolaemic shock); this illustrates how blunt trauma can cause delayed, progressive bleeding. The coroner referred Ms Smith to the Director of Public Prosecuti…
48y · Male·Head injury from blunt force trauma
Shane Gregory Hunt died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained during a physical altercation on 26 November 2008 in Werribee. Medical examination r…
63y · Female·multiple severe trauma from falling tree; specifically aortic transection with m…
A 63-year-old woman died from severe blunt trauma after being struck by a falling tree while clearing fallen trees from her driveway during extreme weather.…
59y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from a tree falling on a motor vehicle (driver)
…or approximately 100 minutes before extrication. Despite resuscitative efforts, he died at the scene from multiple traumatic injuries. The coroner found this was a tragic accident caused by tree failure in significant wi…
13y · Male·complications of abdominal trauma following a motorcycle crash
A 13-year-old experienced motorcycle rider died from complications of abdominal trauma following a motorcycle crash on private land. He failed to negotiate a 90-degree left-hand turn while ridi…
28y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Tony David Brown, 28, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an altercation at the Mowbray Hotel in Launceston on 17 July 2013. After …
9y · Female·suicide by hanging
…but assessments were delayed or stalled for years on bureaucratic grounds. She had experienced significant trauma including parental separation, multiple placement changes, father's hospitalisation, and brother's removal…
80y · Male·Multiple injuries post fall from a roof
An 80-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a roof while cleaning gutters at home. He fell approximately 2 metres f…
Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
…CD). Mr Smith's injuries were unsurvivable given the circumstances. This case illustrates that deaths from trauma in the community setting are typically not preventable through medical intervention when the injury burden…
19y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (driver)
…e coroner found no culpability by police and determined Moustafa was not in custody. Key clinical lessons: trauma management in high-speed MVA with multiple casualties; management of head injuries, spinal fractures, and …
54y · Male·hypoglycaemic encephalopathy complicating multiple injuries in a man with chroni…
…etes, chronic lung disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from hypoglycaemic encephalopathy following multiple traumatic injuries. He was found unresponsive in his apartment on 27 June 2020 with evidence of significa…
89y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
…cik, an 89-year-old woman, was struck by a taxi while crossing Main Road East in St Albans. She sustained multiple rib and pelvic fractures, scapular fracture, and bladder perforation. Initial treatment at Footscray Hosp…
74y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
A 74-year-old Aboriginal man died from complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Christmas Day 2024. He was driving w…
1y · Male·Blunt force abdominal trauma; laceration of spleen with intra-abdominal haemorrh…
A 14-month-old Aboriginal boy died from blunt force abdominal trauma with a splenic laceration on 13 January 2019. He had multiple injuries documented at autopsy including rib…
25y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries, including blunt force head and neck trauma sustaine…
Christopher Stanley, a 25-year-old experienced motorcycle rider, died from multiple traumatic injuries including severe head and neck trauma sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash o…
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