122 results for “severe blunt trauma”
29y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest
A 29-year-old male died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park, Tasmania. He was an intermediate rid…
33y · Male·accidental drowning
…a residential swimming pool while heavily intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.370%), having sustained recent head trauma. He had visited a doctor five days prior with post-concussion symptoms following blunt head trauma. On the…
53y · Male·Complications arising from blunt force trauma to the head
Colin David Johnson, aged 53, died from complications of severe blunt force head trauma sustained during an assault in a prison day room on 23 April 2011. The attack occu…
49y · Male·Acute bronchopneumonia as a consequence of recent intracranial and intra-cerebra…
Peter Raymond Jacobs, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with severe cirrhosis and chronic alcohol abuse, was apprehended by police on 5 April 2008 for intoxication. He fell t…
27y · Female·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident
…e when struck by a southbound vehicle that had crossed into the opposing lanes. The impact caused multiple blunt traumatic injuries; Ms Pearn was wearing a seatbelt but sustained fatal injuries due to severe cabin intru…
53y · Female·acutely decompensated congestive cardiac failure due to blunt traumatic injuries…
A 53-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and scoliosis died from acute decompensated congestive cardiac failure following b…
20y · Male·Blunt force head and limb injuries from motor vehicle collision
A 20-year-old Aboriginal male pedestrian died from blunt force head and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He was intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.2…
62y · Male·Blunt head injuries sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident
Stanley Brady, a 62-year-old experienced arborist with decades of tree-felling experience, died from severe blunt head trauma sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident on 21 May 2015. He was admitted to Royal …
22y · Female·combined effects of asphyxia and trauma to the head, face and neck
A 22-year-old British backpacker died from asphyxia and blunt force trauma to the head, face and neck. The coroner found she was killed by her brief casual partner duri…
20y · Male·acute haemorrhage and blunt abdominal trauma
Adam Chandler, a 20-year-old university student, died from acute haemorrhage and blunt abdominal trauma 15.5 hours after sustaining a severe internal injury. He was hit with a heavy potted plan…
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 …
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…
57y · Male·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle crash
A 57-year-old Aboriginal man died from severe blunt force head injury sustained as a rear seat passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. The driver…
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 on Grant …
21y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle including severe brai…
…from Latrobe to Devonport in the early morning of 10 January 2018. He suffered multiple injuries including severe brain injuries from blunt force trauma. The coroner found that Tho Ward (not David Ward, as initially clai…
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 travelling fa…
35y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to incessant ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia…
A 35-year-old previously healthy male sustained blunt chest trauma during an assault. He presented to ED with chest pain but was triaged as category 4. After co…
16y · Male·Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta
A 16-year-old male died from traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta following a motor vehicle collision. The vehicle left the road and struck…
24y · Male·depressed and linear fractures of the back and base of skull and fractures to th…
…while criminal rather than medical in nature, highlights the importance of immediate emergency response to severe head trauma and the critical clinical consequences of delayed discovery of serious injury.
18y · Male·multiple injuries
…d by police. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a closed head injury with subdural haematoma and severe pelvic fractures with blood loss. First aid at the scene was appropriate given his catastrophic injuries. …
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