477 results for “blunt trauma”
46y · Female·Prolonged effects and complications of a head injury, with upper airway obstruct…
Helen Ashburn, a 46-year-old woman with history of alcohol use, coagulopathy and seizures, died from prolonged effects of a severe head injury sustained on 25 October 2011. She presented to Kempsey Hospital with extensiv…
20y · Male·Blunt trauma to the head sustained in a fall from gutter boards at a height of a…
Leigh Anthony Reaney, 20-year-old roofer, died from head injuries sustained in a 4.7-metre fall through an unfixed sump on gutter boards during roofing work. Death was entirely preventable. The approved Safe Work Method …
21y · Female·Multiple blunt trauma with acute alcohol toxicity as a significant contributing …
Anne Chantell Millar, a 21-year-old Aboriginal woman, was beaten to death by her partner Gregwyn Green on 28 March 2003 despite a domestic violence restraining order in place since January 2003. Multiple breaches of the …
56y · Male·head injuries inflicted by blunt force trauma
56-year-old John Douglas Simpson-Willson was fatally assaulted in Brisbane's Botanical Gardens on 3 June 2005 by Daniel Pattel, released from prison five days earlier. Pattel had expressed clear intentions to kill someon…
33y · Male·complications from blunt force trauma to head consequent upon being struck by a …
A 33-year-old man with long-standing substance abuse and acute methadone withdrawal presented with suicidal ideation on the morning of 11 February 2007. The Crisis Assessment and Treatment (CAT) Team assessed him at 5pm …
4y · Female·closed head injury with contributing extensive subcutaneous and intramuscular ha…
…njury with extensive subcutaneous and intramuscular haemorrhage. The fatal injuries resulted from repeated trauma inflicted during a period when she was placed on an oversized motorbike by her mother Ashlee and partner B…
18y · Female·Multiple injuries to the head, thorax and limbs (fractures to skull, left clavic…
Brooke Carroll, 18, died in a motor vehicle collision on the Mitchell Highway near Dubbo when the vehicle she was a passenger in struck a telegraph pole. The driver, Scott Thompson, was affected by methamphetamine and tr…
2y · Male·traumatic head injury
A 2-year-7-month-old boy died from traumatic head injury inflicted by person(s) unknown after experiencing severe and escalating physical abuse over…
50y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury suffered during cardiac and respiratory arrest cause…
Herbert Mitchell, a 50-year-old man with alcohol dependence, was arrested for public drunkenness after being found extremely intoxicated at a shopping centre. Initially taken to an alcohol diversion centre but removed du…
Unknown·multiple physical injuries sustained in a mid-air collision during skydiving
Three skydivers died in a mid-air collision near Mission Beach, Queensland on 13 October 2017. Tandem instructor Peter Dawson and customer Kerri Pike (in drogue-fall) collided with solo sport jumper Tobias Turner whose m…
20y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy
Matthew Lynn, aged 20, died from hypoxic encephalopathy after sustaining head injuries in a motor vehicle collision. While hospitalised in ICU, his endotracheal tube (ETT) became displaced around 12:20am on 23 January 20…
86y · Female·right subdural haematoma due to blunt head trauma with contributing excessive wa…
An 86-year-old woman died from subdural haematoma following a minor head injury, complicated by excessive warfarin anticoagulation. She was started on warfarin by a cardiologist on 19 December 2012 for atrial fibrillatio…
79y · Male·Head and neck injuries from blunt force trauma
Mr Risto Pedevski, a 79-year-old man, was fatally assaulted by his son George in November 2014 during a dispute over a gas hot water system. George had a long-standing diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder and paranoid …
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
…s included: caseworkers closing investigations despite unaddressed concerns and non-disclosure of abuse by traumatised children; failure to pursue Section 862 information requests (mental health, drug, criminal records);…
37y · Male·blunt force injuries to the head and chest from jumping off an 8.65 metre roof
Daniel Bleaney, 37, experienced acute psychosis with command hallucinations while at sea and attempted suicide by jumping overboard. He was rescued and admitted involuntarily to Cowdy Ward, an open psychiatric ward, foll…
42y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in aircraft crash resulting from port side wing tip …
Philip Scholl, an inexperienced microlight pilot with only 20 hours flight training, died in a crash near Mareeba on 20 October 2005. The aircraft T2-2776 was airworthy unfit due to degraded wing fabric, corroded cables,…
Male·multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
Dennis Green, a First Class Constable with WA Police, died on 7 December 2017 while undertaking a motorcycle training course on Julimar Road, Toodyay. His motorcycle crashed on a rural bend during a P1 (high-speed) devel…
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