125 results for “acute head trauma”
15y · Male·Severe traumatic brain injury resulting from motor vehicle crash
Giovani Wade Ryan, 15 years old, died from severe traumatic brain injury sustained when the stolen panel van in which he was a front seat passenger rolled at high …
62y · Male·Head injury (acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull)
…tric Unit. While supervised in the courtyard, he suddenly stopped walking then fell backwards, striking his head on concrete. He suffered an acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull. Despite rapid emergency respons…
23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…
…aughter convictions, the case has limited clinical educational value as the death resulted directly from a traumatic injury rather than medical misadventure. The post-mortem examination identified severe blunt force trau…
18y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
Daniel Aaron Greenland, 18 years old, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 3 February 2003 after shooting his stepmother. Evidence shows he attended the shed with pre-formed suici…
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…
73y · Male·subdural haematoma from fall
…interact significantly with warfarin. After the first fall on 1 February, he had postural hypotension, mild head pain, and confusion, but the post-fall clinical pathway form was not properly completed and no CT brain was…
26y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
…ate a sweeping left-hand bend, left the road, and struck steel barrier cables and posts, sustaining massive head injuries, cardiac laceration, thoracic spinal fractures, and abdominal bleeding. This case illustrates the …
30y · Male·head injury occasioned by impact with a moving vehicle moving at speed
Matthew Mitchell, 30 years old, died from a severe head injury sustained when struck by a moving vehicle on Graham Drive, Sandy Beach on 17 August 2013. He remaine…
27y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia during restraint; mechanism involved hypoxia and asphyxiation…
…raining, procedural safety, and inadequate monitoring of access to alcohol and drugs that precipitated his acute deterioration.
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
…mond Frost, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, and schizophrenia, died from a right acute subdural haematoma following a fall while in supported residential care. He experienced multiple falls ove…
85y · Male·blunt craniocerebral trauma following a fall
Anthony Donato, aged 85, died from blunt craniocerebral trauma following an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility. He had dementia, hypertension, sleep apnoea, and p…
20y · Male·Head injury
Sean Wayne Lee, a 20-year-old university student, died from a head injury sustained when he ran deliberately in front of a heavy vehicle on the Princes Freeway. After his car…
21y · Male·Cerebral trauma to pons, mid brain, thalamus and subthalamic nuclei due to unsta…
A 21-year-old experienced quad bike rider died from severe head trauma sustained in a quad bike accident while pig hunting. Intoxicated (0.164% urine alcohol, three times …
0y · Male·Head injury in the setting of chronic subdural haemorrhage
Kaleb Baylis-Clarke, a 17-week-old infant, presented to hospital on 14 January 2016 with a head lump, vomiting, raised fontanelle and reduced milk intake. Cranial ultrasound showed fluid in subdural spac…
65y · Female·Multiple injuries (chest, pelvic and limb) sustained in a motor vehicle collisio…
Joanne Johnston, aged 65, died from multiple injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway near Burnie, Tasmania on 3 October 2023. She was driving in …
37y · Male·primary intracerebral haemorrhage, contributed to by acute alcohol intoxication
… days after initial presentation. He was found intoxicated outside Centrelink on 7 December 2001 with minor head injuries from an altercation. Ambulance officers assessed him as intoxicated without serious injury and cal…
14y · Male·subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of berry aneurysm
…urysm rupture. Pathological examination confirmed the aneurysm was the sole cause of death, with only minor head trauma evident (small bruise near eye). The deceased remained active for at least 4 hours post-incident, ma…
62y · Male·end stage renal failure complicating oxalate crystal nephropathy with contributi…
…t Anthony Leane, 62, died from end-stage renal failure due to oxalate crystal nephropathy with contributing head injury. He had complex medical needs including dialysis-dependent kidney failure, schizophrenia, and recent…
53y · Male·Left intra cerebral and left subdural haemorrhage
…altered consciousness, unable to sit or stand independently. He had a history of previous brain bleeds from head trauma during prior episodes of intoxication. The coroner found the decision to use the police van instead …
77y · Male·Subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage post head trauma secondary to a fall
…age following a fall at an aged care facility. He fell on 29 March and again on 30 March 2015, striking his head. Initial assessment by a locum GP found no head injury evidence and neurological observations were ceased. …
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