59 results for “traumatic neck injury”
71y · Female·multiple blunt traumatic injuries of the head, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, ar…
Geraldine May Phillips, aged 71, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle crash on 4 April 2022 in Ulverstone, Tasmania. She was dri…
91y · Male·Hypostatic pneumonia due to traumatic fracture of C7 and subluxation of C6/7, re…
…nd (5-10 degree slope). When symptoms developed, he was transferred to hospital where imaging revealed a traumatic C7 fracture with C6/7 subluxation. Surgery was not feasible given his age and frailty. He developed pneu…
7y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to reflex cardiac arrest triggered by blunt…
…tbelt. During the collision, the unsecured booster seat shifted forward, causing the seatbelt to strike his neck with sufficient force to trigger reflex cardiorespiratory arrest. The clinical lesson is multifaceted: prop…
0y · Female·head and neck injuries
A 4-month-old girl (Baby H) died from head and neck injuries caused by violent shaking inflicted by her mother on 28 May 2017. She had presented to an emergenc…
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorder died by ligature while an involuntary inpatient in a locked men…
37y · Male·Stab injuries to neck, chest and abdomen
…radition reach. No clinical management errors are identified in this finding, as the death resulted from traumatic injury sustained prior to medical intervention.
0y · Male·Head injury
…wed the child had a constellation of injuries (subdural haemorrhages, retinal haemorrhages, brain swelling, neck ligament injury) highly suggestive of abusive head trauma or violent shaking with/without impact. Most expe…
3y · Male·Head injury resulting from blunt force trauma
Zane Bradbury, age 3 years 11 months, died from a catastrophic head injury resulting from being thrown by Brok Hughes during physical punishment at home in Glenroy, Victoria on 9 Ma…
21y · Male·Blunt force injuries to head and neck sustained in motor vehicle crash
Jake Robert Innes, 21 years old, died from blunt force injuries to his head and neck after losing control of a vehicle during a police interception attempt. The crash occurred on a wet road at…
Male·Ashton Michael Sunfly: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Mitchell Nana…
This coronial inquiry examined five deaths in Balgo Aboriginal Community over a 24-month period: four suicides by hanging and one death from volatile substance abuse. The suicide rate in Balgo was more than 100 times the…
27y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained as a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle; specifica…
Jari Wise, aged 27, died on 29 February 2020 when struck by a vehicle driven by Melissa Oates at Huonville, Tasmania. Mr Wise was intoxicated (BAC 0.220%, THC present), wearing dark clothing, and standing in the centre o…
29y · Male·Blunt head and neck injuries sustained in an unintentional motor vehicle acciden…
A 29-year-old man sustained severe blunt head and cervical spinal cord injuries in a motor vehicle accident. He remained unconscious with high intracranial pressure and C5 spinal cord transection. After 12 days with no i…
63y · Male·Incised injuries to the neck and upper limbs
…vice discharged him in September 2022. A post-mortem neuropathology examination revealed stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), likely resulting from repeated head trauma during his Australian rules football ca…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
Grant MacLeod, aged 38, died from a gunshot wound to the neck inflicted by Constable Mark Buckingham during a police response to reports of an armed person at a service …
Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …
Four people died in a single vehicle rollover on Kakadu Highway, NT. The driver (Robin Riley, 46) and three unrestrained passengers (Thomas Turpin, 39; Cassandra Martin, 32; Fabian Andrews, 45) were killed when their veh…
Male·Stab wound to the chest penetrating the pleural cavity and pericardium
…s (a club and shovel used by Morris's group, and a knife by Saunders). Morris was stabbed twice—once in the neck (non-fatal) and once in the chest, penetrating the pleura and pericardium. Morris had consumed alcohol (BAC…
64y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a bicycle incident
A 64-year-old experienced cyclist died from head and neck injuries when the carbon fibre front forks of his road bicycle catastrophically failed during a leisurely g…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
Peter Martin Carroll, age 21, died on 8 June 2007 in the ICU at Royal Perth Hospital from acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia following oxycodone overdose. He had been discharged that day (5 June) after …
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
…a critically narrowed (3mm) subglottic airway with suspected chondronecrosis, which an experienced head and neck radiologist reported to the on-call ENT junior doctor. The ENT Consultant failed to appreciate the seriousn…
21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…
Two young Aboriginal men, Steven McLean (21) and Shane Wallam (20), died in a motor vehicle crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen vehicle at dangerous speeds. Both were severely intoxicated by …
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